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CT 13 65:
A holy house, a house of the gods in a holy place, had not been made; a reed had not come forth, a tree had not been created; a brick had not been laid, a brick mold had not been built; a house had not been made, a city had not been, a city had not been made, a living creature had not been placed (therein); Nippur had not been made, Ekur had not been built; Uruk had not been made, Eanna had not been built; the Apsu had not been made, Eridu had not been built. A holy house, a house of the gods, its dwelling, had not been made. All the lands were sea; the spring in the sea was a water main. At that time Eridu was built, Esagil created - Esagil, in which Lugaldukuga settled in the midst of Apsu - Babylon was built, Esagil completed. The gods the Anunnaki he created equal, the holy city, the dwelling of their hearts’ delight, they called (it) magnifically. Gilimma-Marduk wove a raft on the face of the waters, he created dirt and poured it on the raft. In order to settle the gods in the dwelling of (their) hearts’ delight, he created mankind. Aruru created the seed of mankind together with him. He created the beasts of Sumuqan (and) the living things of the steppe; he created the Tigris and the Euphrates and set (them) in place; their names he appropriately proclaimed. He created the grass, the rush of the marsh, the reed and the woods; he created the green herb of the field; the lands, the marshes, the canebrakes; the cow (and) her young, the calf; the ewe (and) her lamb, the sheep of the fold; the orchards and the forests; the wild sheep, the wool sheep (?) … The lord Marduk filled in landfill at the edge of the sea. Ea established the sea, reed thicket, and dry land. [ … ...] he caused to be; [he crea]ted [the reed], he created the tree; [ … ] in the place he created. [Bricks he laid, the br]ick mold he built; [the house he built], the city he built; [the city he made], living creatures he placed (therein); [Nippur he built], Ekur he built; [Uruk he built, Eann]a he built. [rest destroyed]
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CT 13 65
Bibliography
| George 1992, 251-253 | George, Andrew R. Babylonian Topographical Texts. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 40. Leuven: Peeters 1992. |
| Heidel 1951, 62-63 | Heidel, Alexander. The Babylonian Genesis. The Story of Creation. Chicago: Chicago University Press 1951 (second edition). |
| Horowitz 1998, 130-131 | Horowitz, Wayne. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns 1998. |
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