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Message 16 of 16 (142321)
09-14-2004 11:03 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by Abshalom
09-13-2004 4:45 PM


Re: How Much Detail Would You Carve In Stone?
Hello Abshalom,
First let me say that I am not trying to establish oral Mesopotamian myth or fact with message 14. I think there is no way of doing this. However, if the scribe thought that he was preserving or creating the history of his people I don’t think he would view it at as being laborious. I think you are correct in that the story was passed to the next generation by word of mouth until someone put it to pen.

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