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124. They carried the Weapon[1] which spared not, nor flinched from
the battle.
[Footnote 1: These nine monsters with the Weapon (Thunderbolt?) and
Kingu form the Eleven Allies of Ti�mat, and it is clear that she and
her Allies represent the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac. When Marduk
destroyed Ti�mat and her associates, he found it necessary to fix the
stars, the images of the great gods, in their places, as the Twelve
Signs of the Zodiac. (See the Fifth Tablet of Creation, p. 55.)]
125. Most mighty were Ti�mat's decrees, they could not be resisted,
126. Thus she caused eleven [monsters] of this kind to come into
being,
127. Among the gods, her first-born son who had collected her company,
128. That is to say, Kingu, she set on high, she made him the great
one amongst them,
129. Leader of the hosts in battle, disposer of the troops,
130. Bearer of the firmly grasped weapon, attacker in the fight,
131. He who in the battle is the master of the weapon,
132. She appointed, she made him to sit down in [goodly apparel]
133. [Saying], "I have uttered the incantation for thee. I have
magnified thee in the assembly of the gods.
134. "I have filled his [_sic_, read 'thy'] hand with the
sovereignty of the whole company of the gods.
135. "Mayest thou be magnified, thou who art my only spouse,
136. "May the Anunnaki make great thy renown over all of them."
137. She gave him the TABLET OF DESTINIES, she fastened it on his
breast, [saying],
138. "As for thee, thy command shall not fall empty, whatsoever goeth
forth from thy mouth shall be established."
139. When Kingu was raised on high and had taken the heavens
(literally, the god Anutum)
140. He fixed the destinies for the gods his sons,
141. Open your mouths, let the Fire-god[1] be quenched,
[Footnote 1: The god here alluded to is Mardak, who, in one aspect, is
a fire-god; see Tablet IV, II. 39, 40.]
142. He who is glorious in battle and is most mighty, shall do great
deeds.
SECOND TABLET.
1. Ti�mat made solid that which she had moulded.
2. She bound the gods her children with [evil bonds].
3. Ti�mat wrought wickedness to avenge Apsu.
4. When ... had harnessed his chariot he went to meet Ea,
5. Ea hearkened to his story,
6. He was sorely afflicted and abode in sorrow,
7. The days were long, his wrath died down.
8. He went his way to the dwelling of Anshar, his father,
9. He went into the presence of Anshar, the father who begat him,
[Illustration: Portion of a tablet inscribed in Assyrian with a text
of the Second Tablet of the Creation Series. [No. 40,559.]]
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