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106. Her host was scattered, her levies became fugitive,
107. And the gods, her allies, who had marched at her side,
108. Quaked with terror, and broke and ran
109. And betook themselves to flight to save their lives.
110. But they found themselves hemmed in, they could not escape,
111. Marduk tied them up, he smashed their weapons.
112. They were cast into the net, and they were caught in the snare,
113. The ... of the world they filled with [their] cries of grief.
114. They received [Marduk's] chastisement, they were confined in
restraint,
115. And [on] the Eleven Creatures which Ti�mat had filled with
awfulness,
116. The company of the devils that marched at her ...
117. He threw fetters, he ... their sides.
118. They and their resistance he trod under his feet.
119. The god Kingu who had been magnified over them
120. He crushed, he esteemed him [as little worth] as the god Dugga,
(as a dead god?).
121. Marduk took from him the TABLET OF DESTINIES, which should never
have been his,
122. He sealed it with a seal[1] and fastened it on his breast
[Footnote 1: By impressing his seal on the Tablet Marduk proved his
ownership of the Tablet, and made his claim to it legal.]
123. After he had crushed and overthrown his enemies,
124. He made the haughty enemy to be like the dust underfoot.
125. He established completely Anshar's victory over the enemy,
126. The valiant Marduk achieved the object of Nudimmud (Ea),[1]
[Footnote 1: This is an oblique way of saying that Marduk succeeded
where Ea failed.]
127. He imposed strict restraint on the gods whom he had made captive.
128. He turned back to Ti�mat whom he had defeated,
129. The Lord [Marduk] trampled on the rump of Ti�mat,
130. With his unsparing club he clave her skull.
131. He slit open the channels (i.e., arteries) of her blood.
132. He caused the North Wind to carry it away to a place underground.
133. His fathers (i.e., the gods) looked on, they rejoiced, they were
glad.
134. They brought unto him offerings of triumph and peace,
135. The Lord [Marduk] paused, he examined Ti�mat's carcase.
136. He separated flesh [from] hair,[1] he worked cunningly.
[Footnote 1: The word is _kupu_, i.e., "reed" or "sedge."
It is possible that Marduk skinned Ti�mat.]
137. He slit Ti�mat open like a flat (?) fish [cut into] two pieces,
138. The one half he raised up and shaded the heavens therewith,
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