21. "The goddess Aruru with him created the seed of mankind.

22. "He created the beasts of the field and [all] the living things in
the field.

23. "He created the river Idiglat (Tigris) and the river Purattu
(Euphrates), and he set them in their places,

24. "He proclaimed their names rightly.

[Illustration: Terra-cotta figure of a god. From a foundation deposit
at Babylon. [No. 90,9961]]

25. "He created grass, the vegetation of the marsh, seed and shrub;

26. "He created the green plants of the plain,

27. "Lands, marshes, swamps,

28. "The wild cow and the calf she carried, the wild calf, the sheep
and the young she carried, the lamb of the fold,

29. "Plantations and shrub land,

30. "The he-goat and the mountain goat ...

31. "The lord Marduk piled up a dam in the region of the sea (i.e., he
reclaimed land)

32. "He ... a swamp, he founded a marsh.