Epic poem · 1902

The Seven Tablets of Creation

Enuma Elish

by Anonymous Babylonian Poets

Translated by L. W. King (1902)

The Babylonian epic of creation, in which the god Marduk slays the sea-goddess Tiamat, fashions the world from her body, and receives his fifty names.

Contents · 7 parts

• Tablet Iabout 120 lines
• Tablet IIabout 110 lines
• Tablet IIIabout 140 lines
• Tablet IVabout 150 lines
• Tablet V58 lines
• Tablet VI26 lines
• Tablet VII83 lines

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