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Marduk’s inspection of heaven (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
creation of the universe
Marduk
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Akkadian poetry

Text
Enūma Eliš 4.141-146, 5.1:
He (= Marduk) crossed heaven and inspected (its) sacred places, he made a counterpart of Apsu, the dwelling of Nudimmud. The Lord measured the construction of Apsu, the Great Sanctuary, its likeness, he founded, Ešarra. The Great Sanctuary, Ešarra, which he built, (is) heaven, he made Ea, Enlil and Anu dwell in their holy places. He made the position(s) for the great gods.

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Enūma Eliš 4.141-146
Enūma Eliš 5.1

Bibliography

Foster 1993, 377Foster, Benjamin. Before the Muses. Ann Arbor: CDL Press 1993.

Amar Annus


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