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Column II · Anat and Death
2.26-27
The Baal Cycle 2.26-27 · Days into months
Baal is dead: Death swallowed him. Time goes by, and his sister Anat searches for him.
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26𐎊𐎎𐎊𐎎𐎎𐎊𐎓𐎚𐎖𐎐𐎍𐎊𐎎𐎎
27𐎍𐎊𐎗𐎃𐎎𐎗𐎈𐎎𐎓𐎐𐎚𐎚𐎐𐎂𐎘𐎅
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
ym1
𐎊y𐎎m1
yômu
A day
, ymm2
𐎊y𐎎m𐎎m2
yômāma
days
yʿtqn3
𐎊y𐎓ʿ𐎚t𐎖q𐎐n3
yaʿtiqūna
go bythey pass
, lymm4
𐎍l𐎊y𐎎m𐎎m4
la-yômīma
from daysto days
lyrḫm5
𐎍l𐎊y𐎗r𐎃ḫ𐎎m5
la-yariḫīma
to months
. rḥm6
𐎗r𐎈ḥ𐎎m6
Raḥmay
The Maidenthe Damsel
ʿnt7
𐎓ʿ𐎐n𐎚t7
ʿAnatu
Anat
tngṯh8
𐎚t𐎐n𐎂g𐎘ṯ𐎅h8
tanġuṯuhu
seeks himshe seeks him
. A day, days go by, from days to months. The Maiden Anat seeks him.
A day, days go by, from days to months. The Maiden Anat seeks him.
2.28-29
The Baal Cycle 2.28-29 · Like a cow for her calf
The poet gives Anat’s grief its picture, from the farmyard.
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28𐎋𐎍𐎁𐎀𐎗𐎃𐎍𐎓𐎂𐎍𐎅𐎋𐎍𐎁
29𐎘𐎀𐎚𐎍𐎛𐎎𐎗𐎅𐎋𐎎𐎍𐎁
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
Like the heart of a cow for her calf, like the heart of a ewe for her lamb, so [is] the heart
In Tablet 5 Baal went down into the throat of Death, and the gods mourned him: El poured dust on his head, Anat wandered the hills and wept. Now the poem lets time pass in two strokes: days, then months.
rḥm, “the Maiden”, is one of Anat’s titles. The tablet calls her a girl even as she becomes the most frightening figure in it.