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From translations of the Eridu Genesis, which is a stone tablet found by the Euphrates River in 1914, come what religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths.

From translations of the Eridu Genesis, which is a stone tablet found by the Euphrates River in 1914, come what religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths.

The understanding that religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths comes from translations of a stone tablet, that is, the Eridu Genesis, found by the Euphrates River in 1914.

The understanding of Sumerian creation myths that religious historians have come from translations of a stone tablet,
which was found by the Euphrates River in 1914 and is called the Eridu Genesis.

What religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths comes from translations of the Eridu Genesis, a stone tablet found by the Euphrates River in 1914.

Found by the Euphrates River in 1914 was a stone tablet, the Eridu Genesis, and it is from translations of this that religious historians understand what they understand about Sumerian creation myths
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by kulhot » Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:36 am
(D) for me.Please post the OA and OE.

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by mv12 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:39 am
+1 for D

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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:12 pm
Pls provide your reasoning
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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:13 pm
Pls provide your reasoning
kulhot wrote:(D) for me.Please post the OA and OE.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:29 pm
From translations of the Eridu Genesis, which is a stone tablet found by the Euphrates River in 1914, come what religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths.

From translations of the Eridu Genesis, which is a stone tablet found by the Euphrates River in 1914, come what religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths. (inverted structure (subject after verb; the clue is that the sentence starts with a prepositional phrase) that has an agreement error)

The understanding that religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths comes from translations of a stone tablet, that is, the Eridu Genesis, found by the Euphrates River in 1914. (redundant and awkward)

The understanding of Sumerian creation myths that religious historians have come from translations of a stone tablet, which was found by the Euphrates River in 1914 and is called the Eridu Genesis. (agreement error)

What religious historians understand about Sumerian creation myths comes from translations of the Eridu Genesis, a stone tablet found by the Euphrates River in 1914. (agreement is good and the sentence works)

Found by the Euphrates River in 1914 was a stone tablet, the Eridu Genesis, and it is from translations of this that religious historians understand what they understand about Sumerian creation myths (overall, redundant and awkward, especially the part in red)
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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:42 pm
OA is D
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