The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by E. A. Wallis Budge
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page 88 of 94 (93%)
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109. "His name shall be 'Nibiru' the seizer of the middle. 110. "He shall set the courses of the stars of the heavens, 111. "He shall herd together the whole company of the gods like sheep. 112. "He shall [ever] take Tiamat captive, he shall slit up her treasure (variant, life), he shall disembowel her."[1] [Footnote 1: These lines suggest that the fight between Marduk and Tiamat was recurrent; it is incorrect to translate the verbal forms as preterites.] 113. Among the men who are to come after a lapse of time, 114. Let [these words] be heard without ceasing, may they reign to all eternity, 115. Because he made the [heavenly] places and moulded the stable [earth]. 116. Father Bel proclaimed his name, "Lord of the Lands." 117. All the Igigi repeated the title. 118. Ea heard and his liver rejoiced, 119. Saying, "He whose title hath rejoiced his fathers |
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