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7 Tablets of Creation

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1He.(i.e. Marduk) made the stations for the great gods;
2When Marduk heard the word of the gods,
3His heart prompted him and he devised [a cunning plan].
4The stars, their images, as the stars of the Zodiac, he fixed.
5He ordained the year and into sections he divided it;
6He opened his mouth and unto Ea [he spake],
7[That which] he had conceived in his heart he imparted [unto him]:
8For the twelve months he fixed three stars.
9After he had [...] the days of the year [...] images,
10My blood will I take and bone will I [fashion],
6 I will make man, that man may be our slave and toil for us.
11He founded the station of Nibir to determine their bounds;
12That none might err or go astray,
13I will create man who shall inhabit [the earth],
14That the service of the gods may be established, and that [their] shrines [may be built].
15He set the station of Bêl and Ea along with him.
16He opened great gates on both sides,
17But I will alter the ways of the gods, and I will change [their paths];
18Together shall they be oppressed and unto evil shall [they ...]."
19He made strong the bolt on the left and on the right.
20In the midst thereof he fixed the zenith;
21And Ea answered him and spake the word:
22[...] the [...] of the gods I have [changed]
13 ...] ... and one ... [...]
14 [...shall be de]stroyed and men will I [...]
15 [...] and the gods [...]
16 [...] ... and they [...]
17 [...] ... and the gods [...]
18 [...] .... [...]
19 [...] the gods [...]
20 [...] the Anunnaki [...]
21 [...] ... [...]
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140 When [...] ... [...]
141 They rejoiced [...] ... [...]
142 In Upshukkinnaku they set [their dwelling].
143 Of the heroic son, their avenger, [they cried]:
144 We, whom he succoured, ... [...]!
23The Moon-god he caused to shine forth, the night he entrusted to him.
24He appointed him, a being of the night, to determine the days;
25Every month without ceasing with the crown he covered(?) him, (saying):
26At the beginning of the month, when thou shinest upon the land,
16 Thou commandest the horns to determine six days,
27And on the seventh day to [divide] the crown.
18 On the fourteenth day thou shalt stand opposite, the half [...].
28When the Sun-god on the foundation of heaven [...] thee,
20 The [...] thou shalt cause to ..., and thou shalt make his [...].
29[...] ... unto the path of the Sun-god shalt thou cause to draw nigh,
22 [And on the ... day] thou shalt stand opposite, and the Sun-god shall ... [...]
30[...] to traverse her way.
24 [...] thou shalt cause to draw nigh, and thou shalt judge the right.
31[...] to destroy
26 [...] me.
32From [...]
33In E-sagil [...]
34To establish [...]
35The station of [...]
36The great gods [...]
37The gods [...]
38He took and [...]
39The gods [his fathers] beheld the net which he had made,
40They beheld the bow and how [its work] was accomplished.
41They praised the work which he had done [...]
42Then Anu raised [the ...] in the assembly of the gods.
43H e kissed the bow, (saying), "It is [...]!"
44And thus he named the names of the bow, (saying),
45'Long-wood' shall be one name, and the second name [shall be ...]
82 And its third name shall be the Bow-star, in heaven [shall it ...]"
46Then he fixed a station for it [...]
47Now after the fate of [...]
48[He set] a throne [...]
49[...] in heaven [...]
50[...] ... [...]
51[...] him [...]
52[...] them [...]
53[...] him [...]
54[...] them [...]
55[...] their [...] may [...]
56[...] the gods spake,
57[...] the heavens [...]:
58[... your] son [...]
59[...] our [...] hath he [...]
60[...] he hath caused to live [...]
61[...] splendour [...]
62[...] not [...]!
63[...] we [...]!
64They seated themselves and in the assembly they named [him ...],
65They all [cried aloud (?), they exalted [him ...]