CONTENTS

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PREFACE

XI

INTRODUCTION:—

XXV

    I. DESCRIPTION AND LITERATURE OF THE POEM ENUMA ELISH

XXV

    II. CONTENTS OF THE POEM AND DISCUSSION OF NEW MATERIAL

XXX

    III. COMPOSITION OF THE POEM

LXVI

    IV. DATE AND ORIGIN OF THE BABYLONIAN CREATION LEGENDS

LXXII

    V. INFLUENCE OF THE BABYLONIAN CREATION LEGENDS AND PARALLELS IN HEBREW LITERATURE

LXXX

    VI. AUTHORITIES FOR THE TEXT OF THE POEM ENUMA ELISH AND THE ASSYRIAN COMMENTARIES

XCVII

    VII. RECONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEXT

CXX

TRANSLITERATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS:—

    I. THE SEVEN TABLETS OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION.

        I. THE FIRST TABLET

2

        II. THE SECOND TABLET

22

        III. THE THIRD TABLET

38

        IV. THE FOURTH TABLET

58

        V. THE FIFTH TABLET

78

        VI. THE SIXTH TABLET

86

        VII. THE SEVENTH TABLET

92

        EPILOGUE

110

    II. OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION.

        I. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE DRAGON-MYTH

116

        II. A REFERENCE TO THE CREATION OF THE CATTLE AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD

122

    III. A REFERENCE TO THE CREATION OF THE MOON AND THE SUN

124

    IV. AN ADDRESS TO THE RIVER OF CREATION

128

    V. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE CREATION OF THE WORLD BY MARDUK

130

    VI. THE "CUTHAEAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION"

140

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APPENDICES:—

    I. ASSYRIAN COMMENTARIES AND PARALLEL TEXTS TO THE SEVENTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

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    II. ON SOME FRAGMENTS OF THE SERIES ENUMA ELISH, AND ON SOME TEXTS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF CREATION

182

    III. ON SOME TRACES OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION IN RELIGIOUS AND ASTROLOGICAL LITERATURE

204

    IV. SUPPOSED ASSYRIAN LEGENDS OF THE TEMPTATION AND THE TOWER OF BABEL

219

    V. A "PRAYER OF THE RAISING OF THE HAND" TO ISHTAR

222

INDICES, GLOSSARY, ETC.:—

    I. INDEX TO TEXTS.

        A. CUNEIFORM TEXTS FROM BABYLONIAN TABLETS, ETC., IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, PART XIII (1901), PLATES 1-41

239

        B. SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS, PUBLISHED IN VOL. II, PLATES, I-LXXXIV

241

        C. SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS, PUBLISHED IN APPENDICES I, II, AND III.

244

    II. INDEX TO REGISTRATION NUMBERS

245

    III. GLOSSARY OF SELECTED WORDS

251

    IV. INDEX TO NAMES OF DEITIES, STARS, PLACES, ETC.

266

PLATES:—

    I. THE SIXTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

VIII

    II. THE FIRST TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

XXXV

    III. THE SECOND TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

XLIII

    IV. THE FOURTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

XLVII

    V. THE FIFTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

LI

    VI. THE SEVENTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

LXI