| "Ask for life, O Aqhat the Youth. Ask for life and I'll give it thee, For deathlessness, and I'll bestow't on thee. I'll make thee count years with Baal, With the sons of El shalt thou count months. And Baal when he gives life gives a feast, (30) Gives a feast to the life given and bids him drink; Sings and chants over him, Sweetly serenades] him: So give I life to Aqhat the Youth." But Aqhat the Youth answers: "Fib not to me, O Maiden; For to a Youth thy fibbing is loathsome. Further life—how can mortal attain it? How can mortal attain life enduring? From here we can see that Anath was so enamored with the bow and arrows that she even offers Aqhat immortality but he is the wiser saying that mortals have never had that privilege. Anath gets very mad and curses Aqhat and asks for El to allow her to punish Aqhat. El tells her he cannot or will not do anything to punish Aqhat. One point to notice is how Aqhat gets upset with Daniel similar to Ishtar with Gilgamesh. The next event has her threatening to do something, but the lines are mostly missing. Then El conceded, Anath is joyful and goes off to carry out her master plan. She plans to meet a man named Yatpan, a drunker soldier and plans to turn him into a vulture she will release, waiting above. Continuing: Yatpan dwelt in “the city of Abelim, Abelim the city of Prince Yarikh [ = Moon].”) Quoth Yatpan [the Drunken Soldier]: “Hearken, O Maiden Anath. Wouldst thou slay him fo[r his bow], Slay him for his darts, Him ma[ke live again]? The darling Youth has set meat and [drink]. He is left in the fields and ...[.. . ].” Quoth the Maiden Anath: “Give heed, Yatp, and [I'll tell] thee. I'll make thee like a vulture in my girdle, Like a swift flier in my pouch. [As] Aqhat [sits] to eat, The son of Daniel to [dine], [Over him] vultures will soar,” (Then she goes in for the kill….) A flock of swift flier[s] coasts. [Among] the vultures soars Anath; Above [Aqhat] she poses him. He smites him twice [on the crown], Thrice above the ear; Pou[rs out] his blood [like] sap, Like ju[ice to his knees. His] breath escapes like wind, His soul [like vapor], |
Aqhat is now slain but there is a problem I smote him but for his bow, I smote him for his darts. So his bow has been given to me. But through his death..., The [fr]uits of summer are withered, The ear [in] its husk."— Straightway Daniel the Rapha man, Forthwith Ghazir [the Harna]miyy[man], Is right, [sitting before the g]at[e, Un]der [a mighty tree on the threshing floor, Judging] the cause [of the widow, Adjudicating] the case [of the fatherless. (The next lines reveal there will be a drought now.) “Seven years shall Baal fail, Eight the Rider of the Clouds. No dew, No rain; No welling up of the deep, No sweetness of Baal's voice. (5) This story is reminiscent of Ishtar and her father Anu, when she demands the Bull of Heaven to kill Gilgamesh with after he protested her advances, and Anu tells her “"If you demand the Bull of Heaven from me, there will be seven years of empty husks for the land of Uruk.” This is similar to the story of the Odyssey when Odysseus is offered the immortality offered by the nymph Calypso. This myth also parallels Abraham from the Old Testament. Notice the combining of the terms, ambrosia and nectar as well as the fact she has a girdle of gold and a veil on her head. And hands him an axe. (5) Before the Bible, p. 138; https://books.google.com/books?id=UEWWCwAAQBAJ&pg= PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=%5B+..+.+Straightway+Daniel+the+ Raph%5Da+man,+(1)+Forthwith+%5BGhazir+the+Harnamiyy+ man&source=bl&ots=edGSl7bnuP&sig=ACfU3U1WkK5xr3ZIq WXMQhCpBxJOlgufKg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjplZDxltfl AhVFIjQIHZ1-CCEQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%5 B%20..%20.%20Straightway%20Daniel%20the%20Raph%5Da% 20man%2C%20(1)%20Forthwith%20%5BGhazir%20the%20 Harnamiyy%20man&f=false |