The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . monster serpents,115 Sharp of tooth and merciless in carnage; [With venom instead of] blood she filled [their] dragons she clothed with terror,With splendor she decked them, she made them of lofty beheld them, terror overcame him,120 Their bodies reared up and none could withstand their set up serpents, and reptiles, and the monster Lakhamu,And hurricanes and furious dogs, and scorpion menAnd mighty tempests, and fish men and [rams];They bore pitiless weapons, fearless of
The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . monster serpents,115 Sharp of tooth and merciless in carnage; [With venom instead of] blood she filled [their] dragons she clothed with terror,With splendor she decked them, she made them of lofty beheld them, terror overcame him,120 Their bodies reared up and none could withstand their set up serpents, and reptiles, and the monster Lakhamu,And hurricanes and furious dogs, and scorpion menAnd mighty tempests, and fish men and [rams];They bore pitiless weapons, fearless of the [Puissant] were her orders, [none] could resist all, eleven monsters of this kind, she the gods who were her firstborn, who formed her troop,She exalted Kingu; among them she made him march before the troops, to lead the throng,130 To seize the weapons,1 to advance, to begin the attack,The primacy in the combat, the control of the fightShe intrusted to him, in costly raiment she made him sit. To give the battle signal.— Obverse
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