The seven sages sent down to depths (1)

Text
Erra Epic 1.132, 147, 155-162:
(Marduk to Erra:) “Once long ago indeed I grew angry, indeed I left my dwelling, and caused the deluge! … I sent those craftsmen down to the depths, I ordered them not to come up. … Where is Ninildum, great carpenter of my supreme divinity, wielder of the blinding hatchet, who knows that tool, who makes [it] shine like the day and puts it in subjection at my feet? Where is Kusig-banda, fashioner of god and man, whose hands are sacred? Where is Ninagal, wielder of the upper and lower millstone, who grinds up hard copper like hide and who forges to[ols]? Where are the choice stones, created by the vast sea, to ornament my diadem? Where are the seven [sa]ges of the depths, those sacred fish, who, like Ea their lord, are perfect in sublime wisdom, the ones who cleansed my person?”

Source (list of abbreviations)
Erra Epic 1.132-162

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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