Enūma Eliš (Akkadian Cuneiform: 𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺, also spelled "Enuma Elish"), meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening...
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Tiamat (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
(Apsu), the groundwater, to produce the gods in the Babylonian epic Enûma Elish, which translates as "When on High". She is referred to as a woman, and...
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Ashur (god) (section Assyrian Enuma Elish)
Assyrian version of the Enuma Elish was recited, proclaiming Ashur's superiority. The content of the Assyrian recension of the Enuma Elish remains largely the...
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Mesopotamian mythology (section Enuma Elish)
in the library of Ashurbanipal, in modern-day north Iraq. Enuma Elis (also spelled Enuma Elish) is a Babylonian creation myth with an unclear composition...
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Marduk (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
Sommerfield suggests this is used to explain the name Marduk in the Enuma Elish: lu-ú ma-ru Šamši ša ilāni né-bu-ú šu-ma "He is the "son of the sun"...
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Rod-and-ring symbol (category Enūma Eliš)
lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line in her hand." In tablet IV of the Enuma Elish, the rod and ring symbol is referenced as: "They rejoiced, and they did...
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Ancient near eastern cosmology (section Enuma Elish)
human beings. The Enuma Elish is in continuity with other texts like the Myth of Anzû, the Labbu Myth, and KAR 6. In both the Enuma Elish and the Myth of...
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Babylonian star catalogues (redirect from Zodiac (Enuma Elish))
totals 360 degrees. Babylonian astrology Babylonian calendar Constellation Enuma Anu Enlil Triple deity Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa History of the Constellations...
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Genesis creation narrative (category Enūma Eliš)
Chapter 2 (New International Version (UK)) "Enuma Elish", at Encyclopedia of the Orient Summary of Enuma Elish with links to full text. ETCSL – Text and...
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Kishar (category Characters in the Enūma Eliš)
In the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, Kishar (Akkadian: 𒆠𒊹, romanized: Kišar) is the daughter of Abzu and Lahmu, the first children of Tiamat and Abzu...
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