The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . Obverse. Reverse FIGURE V.—FRAGMENT OF THE FIRST TABLET OF CREATION British Museum, K. 5419 C Size of the original, 3i by 1| inches THE COSMOLOGIES 107 legends of the same type relating to Adapa,to Ea and Atrakhasis, and to Etana which be-long to the period of 2000 To this period,the period which precedes and includes theelevation of Babylon to be the chief city ofBabylonia—to this period must be ascribed theorigin and composition of the creation antiquity so great as this adds a new in-terest to the
The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . Obverse. Reverse FIGURE V.—FRAGMENT OF THE FIRST TABLET OF CREATION British Museum, K. 5419 C Size of the original, 3i by 1| inches THE COSMOLOGIES 107 legends of the same type relating to Adapa,to Ea and Atrakhasis, and to Etana which be-long to the period of 2000 To this period,the period which precedes and includes theelevation of Babylon to be the chief city ofBabylonia—to this period must be ascribed theorigin and composition of the creation antiquity so great as this adds a new in-terest to the story which is now to be translatedand accompanied by such comment as maymake its meaning clear. THE FIRST TABLET When above the heaven was not namedAnd beneath the earth bore no name, This means when there was neither heaven nor > ~earth, for to the Semite a thing which had noname had no existence. And the primeval Apsu, who begat them, And Mummu ^Tiamat, the mother of them all,— Here are two beings, the male god Apsu andthe goddess Tiamat; the beings mentioned underthe p
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