Publication Of The Creation Tablets : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], PUBLICATION OF THE CREATION TABLETS. The publication of the above-mentioned texts and translations proved beyond all doubt the correctness of Rawlinson's assertion made in 1865, that "certain portions of the Babyloni...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Sixth Tablet : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], SIXTH TABLET. 1. On hearing the words of the gods, the heart of Marduk moved him to carry out the works of a craftsman. 2. He opened his mouth, he spake to Ea that which he had planned in his heart, he gave counsel [saying]: 3...
Footnotes : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], FOOTNOTES. FOOTNOTES 1 See the "Transactions", Vol. IV, Plates I-VI, London, 1876. 2 See the duplicate fragments described in the Index to Ebeling, "Keilschrifttexte aus Assur", Leipzig, 1919 fol. 3 The text is found...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Second Tablet : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], SECOND TABLET. 1. Timat made solid that which she had moulded. 2. She bound the gods her children with [evil bonds]. 3. Timat wrought wickedness to avenge Apsu. 4. When... had harnessed his chariot he went to meet Ea, 5. E...
The Object Of The Babylonian Legend : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], THE OBJECT OF THE BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION. A perusal of the texts of the Seven Tablets of Creation, which King was enabled, through the information contained in them, to arrange for the first time in their proper...
Variant Forms Of The Babylonian Legend : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], VARIANT FORMS OF THE BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION. The views about the Creation which are described in the Seven Tablets mentioned above were not the only ones current in Mesopotamia, and certainly they were not...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Epilogue : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], EPILOGUE. 125. Let the first comer take them and repeat them; 126. Let the wise man and the learned man meditate upon all of them; 127. The father shall repeat them to his son that he may lay hold upon them. 128. Let them ("i.e...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. First Tablet : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], THE SEVEN TABLETS OF CREATION.--TRANSLATION. FIRST TABLET. 22 1. When the heavens above were yet unnamed, 23 2. And the name of the earth beneath had not been recorded, 3. Apsu, the oldest of beings, their progenitor, 4...
The Bilingual Version Of The Creation Legend : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], THE "BILINGUAL" VERSION OF THE CREATION LEGEND. 1. "The holy house, the house of the gods in the holy place had not yet been made. 2. "No reed had sprung up, no tree had been made. 3. "No brick had been laid, no structure...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Fifth Tablet : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], FIFTH TABLET. 1. He appointed the Stations for the great gods, 2. He set in heaven the Stars of the Zodiac which are their likenesses. 3. He fixed the year, he appointed the limits ther. 4. He set up for the twelve months three...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Fourth Tablet : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], FOURTH TABLET. 1. They founded for him a majestic canopy, 2. He ("i.e.", Marduk) seated himself in the seat of kingship in the presence of his fathers [who said unto him]: 3. "Thou art honourable by reason of thy greatness...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Third Tablet : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], THIRD TABLET. 1. Anshar opened his mouth, and 2. Unto the god Gaga ( ), his envoy, spake a word [saying], 3. "O Gaga, my envoy, who makest glad my liver. 4. "I will despatch thee unto the gods Lakhmu and Lakhamu. Porti...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Seventh Tablet : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], SEVENTH TABLET. 1. O ASARI,--giver of plantations, appointer of sowing time, 2. Who dost make grain and fibrous plants, who makest garden herbs to spring up. 3. O ASARU-ALIM--who art weighty in the council-chamber, who art...
Discovery Of The Tablets : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], DISCOVERY OF THE TABLETS. The baked clay tablets and portions of tablets which describe the views and beliefs of the Babylonians and Assyrians about the Creation were discovered by Mr. (later Sir) A.H. Layard, Mormuzd Rassam...
The Seven Tablets Of Creation. Descripti : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], THE SEVEN TABLETS OF CREATION. DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CONTENTS. In the beginning nothing whatever existed except APS, which may be described as a boundless, confused and disordered mass of watery matter; how it came into being is...
Notes : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], NOTES. 1. There are in the British Museum several fragments of Neo-Babylonian copies of the Seven Tablets of Creation, the exact position of which is at present uncertain. One of these (S. 2013) is of some importance because it...
The Legend Of The Creation According To Berosus : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], THE LEGEND OF THE CREATION ACCORDING TO BEROSUS AND DAMASCIUS. Versions in Greek of the Legends found by George Smith had long been known to classical scholars, owing to the preservation of fragments of them in the works...
Title Page : * "The Babylonian Legends of Creation", by E. A. Wallis Budge, [1921], THE BABYLONIAN LEGENDS OF THE CREATION AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN BEL AND THE DRAGON BY E. A. WALLIS BUDGE With The Assistance Of Sidney Smith AS TOLD BY ASSYRIAN TABLETS FROM NINEVEH London: Harrison And Sons, Ltd. [1921] This text...
