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Page 29
51. They gathered together from the ... of the Ocean (Apsu). In
BAR-MAH, the abode which they had made,
52. He (i.e., Marduk) made the gods his fathers to take their
seats ... [saying]: "This Babylon shall be your abode.
53. "No mighty one [shall destroy] his house, the great gods shall
dwell therein.
[After line 53 the middle portions of several lines of text are
obliterated, but from what remains of it it is clear that the gods
partook of a meal of consecration of the shrine of E-Sagila, and then
proceeded to issue decrees. Next Marduk assigns seats to the Seven
Gods of Fate and to Enlil and Anu, and then he lays up in E-Sagila the
famous bow which he bore during his fight against Ti�mat. When the
text again becomes connected we find the gods singing a hymn of praise
to Marduk.]
94. "Whatever is ... those gods and goddesses shall bear(?)
95. "They shall never forget, they shall cleave to the god (?)
96. "... they shall make bright, they shall make shrines.
97. "Verily, the decision (concerning) the Black-headed [belongeth to]
the gods
98. "... all our names have they called, he (Marduk) is most holy
(_elli_)
99. "... they proclaimed and venerated (?) his names.
100. "His ... is exceedingly bright, his work is ...
101. "Marduk, whose father Anu proclaimed [his name] from his birth,
102. "Who hath set the day at his door ... his going,
103. "By whose help the storm wind was bound ...
104. "Delivered the gods his fathers in the time of trouble.
105. "Verily, the gods have proclaimed his sonship.
106. "In his bright light let them walk for ever.
107. "[On] men whom he hath formed, the created things fashioned by
his fingers
108. "He hath imposed the service of the gods, and them he hath set
free
109. "...
110. "... they looked at him,
111. "[He is] the far-seeing _(maruku)_ god, verily ...
112. "Who hath made glad the hearts of the Anunnaki, who hath made
them to ...
113. "The god Marudukku--verily, he is the object of trust of his
country ...
114. "Let men praise him ...
115. "The 'King of the Protecting Heart,' (?), hath arisen and hath
[bound] the Serpent ...
116. "Broad is his heart, mighty [his] belly.
117. "King of the gods of heaven and of earth, whose name our company
hath proclaimed,
118. "We will fulfil (?) the utterance of his mouth. Over his fathers
the gods,
119. "Yea, [over] the gods of heaven and earth, all of them,
120. "His kingship [we will exalt].
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