The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . poured out, thou shalt lord rejoiced at his fathers word,His heart exulted and he spoke to his father:O Lord of the gods, Destiny of the great gods,If I, your avenger,135 Do enchain Tiamat, and give you life,Make an assembly, exalt my Upshukkinaku seat yourselves joyfully together,With my word, in your stead, will I decree which I do shall remain unchanged,140 It shall not be changed, it shall not fail, the word ofmy lips. 1 This art of incantation Marduk has received from Ea (
The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . poured out, thou shalt lord rejoiced at his fathers word,His heart exulted and he spoke to his father:O Lord of the gods, Destiny of the great gods,If I, your avenger,135 Do enchain Tiamat, and give you life,Make an assembly, exalt my Upshukkinaku seat yourselves joyfully together,With my word, in your stead, will I decree which I do shall remain unchanged,140 It shall not be changed, it shall not fail, the word ofmy lips. 1 This art of incantation Marduk has received from Ea (compareJastrow, Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyriens, i, p. 295). There is apassage in the Shurpu texts (Zimmern, Beitrage zur Kentniss der Baby-lonischen Religion, p. 27) in which Ea says to Marduk: That which I know, thou shalt is, of course, a part of the priestly plan in Babylon to elevate Mar-duk to the first rank, of which I have spoken repeatedly elsewhere. Mw^cpiy1 fotmmw^^ : *l£~j ******w**,! ,*- TtffrlsZi-******* <*** i rSiS?**3* 25 — *. Reverse FIGURE VII—THE Till K I) TABLET OF CREATION British Museum. No. 93,017 THE COSMOLOGIES 117 The tense interest and feeling of the story isrelaxed in the third tablet, which is devotedentirely to securing the consent of the gods toMarduk/s request for peculiar honors if he shouldfind victory over Tiamat. Perhaps a portion ofthe tablet ought here to be quoted that ourpicture of the entire legendary and mythologicalmatter may be complete. THE THIRD TABLET Anshar opened his mouth, and[Unto Gaga], his [minister], spoke the word:[O Gaga, thou minister] that rejoicest my heart[Unto Lakhmu and Lakh]amu will I send [The order of my heart] thou canst comprehend thou shalt bring before me let the gods, all of them, [Make ready for a feast,]1 at a banquet let them sit,Let them eat bread, let them mix wine, 10 [For Marduk] their avenger let them decree destiny.[Go,] Gaga, stand before them, [All that] I s
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