Paul, I am puzzled by your comments.
"Fountains of the great deep" are not my primary field of study.
However, it seems plausible that these were irrigation canals.
The flood was in (debatable, of course) ca 2450 BC.
How do you justify bringing Gen 1 into the discussion?
D. Fischer has researched the term "fountains of the deep."
Also, Isa 51:10 clearly shows us that the "great deep" has
to be interpreted neither as a cosmic event nor an ocean.
It can simply be a river or sea.
Jim
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