Tablet VI
Translated by L. W. King, The Seven Tablets of Creation, vol. 1 (1902), pp. 87–91
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- p. 87see the 1902 page (opens archive.org in a new tab)
- 1When Marduk heard the word of the gods,
- 2His heart prompted him and he devised [a cunning plan].
- 3He opened his mouth and unto Ea [he spake],
- 4[That which] he had conceived in his heart he imparted [unto him]:
- 5“My blood will I take and bone will I [fashion],
- 6“I will make man, that man may . . . [ . . . ].
- 7“I will create man who shall inhabit [the earth],
- p. 89see the 1902 page (opens archive.org in a new tab)
- 8“That the service of the gods may be established, and that [their] shrines [may be built].
- 9“But I will alter the ways of the gods, and I will change [their paths];
- 10“Together shall they be oppressed, and unto evil shall [they . . . ].”
- 11And Ea answered him and spake the word:
- 12“[ . . . ] the [ . . . ] of the gods I have [changed]
- 13[ . . . ] . . . and one . . . [ . . . ]
- 14[ . . . shall be de]stroyed and men will I [ . . . ]
- 15[ . . . ] and the gods [ . . . ]
- 16[ . . . ] . . . and they [ . . . ]
- 17[ . . . ] . . . and the gods [ . . . ]
- 18[ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ]
- 19[ . . . ] the gods [ . . . ]
- 20[ . . . ] the Anunnaki [ . . . ]
- 21[ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ]
- Note King, p. 91: "The rest of the text is wanting with the exception of the last few lines of the tablet, which read as follows."
- p. 91see the 1902 page (opens archive.org in a new tab)
- 138[ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ]
- 139[ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ]
- 140When [ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ]
- 141They rejoiced [ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ]
- 142In Upšukkinnaku they set [their dwelling].
- Note King prints the name here as Upšukkinnaku, with a double n; everywhere else (II.137, III.61, III.119) he spells it Upšukkinaku. Both spellings are kept as printed.
- 143Of the heroic son, their avenger, [they cried]:
- 144“We, whom he succoured, . . . [ . . . ]!”
- 145They seated themselves and in the assembly they named [him . . . ],
- 146They all [cried aloud (?)], they exalted [him . . . ].