Then Marduk created the stars in the sky, gave light to the Moon and the Sun, and determined day and night. The damaged part of the table may have told about the creation of plants and animals. The last part is devoted to the praise of Marduk by the other gods.
He arranged camps for the great gods.
He made stars-planets, likenesses of gods.
He divided the year and drew a picture:
He arranged the twelve sidereal months in threes.
When he drew a picture of the days of the year in the sky,
He fixed the site of Neberu in order to indicate the center to all the stars.
No one would make a mistake, no one would become careless!
On the sides of Neberu he made camps for Enlil and Aya.
He opened gates on both sides of heaven.
He installed shutters on the right and left.
He placed the zenith in the womb of Tiamat.
Gave radiance to the Moon, the guardian of the night!
Taught him the creation of the day - to recognize the day!
“Continuously, throughout the month, change the design of the tiara!
At first, rising above the country,
Donate the horns of the tiara before the sixth day!
On the seventh day, appear wearing half a tiara!
On the fifteenth day, double the half - and so on every month!
When will the sun see you on the horizon,
Shrink in the crown, retreat back!
Disappearing, approach the path of the sun,
And on the thirtieth day rise again against the sun!”
More than 20 lines are broken.
When he appointed fair days for the sun,
He set guards of day and night,
Tiamat's drooling
Marduk gathered and drove her into the clouds,
Heaped her into cumulus clouds.
The wind, the rain and the cold,
The rise of the storm - its saliva flow -
Distributed, entrusted to his power,
He destroyed the head of Tiamat, he piled a mountain on it.
He opened the abyss - streams rushed in.
He let the Tigris and Euphrates pass through her eyes,
He plugged her nostrils - he collected water there,
He piled a steep mountain on her chest,
In order to collect water, he built holes,
He bent her tail, twisted it like a rope, -
Strengthen Apsu under your feet,
He made her thighs the support of the sky,
Separated half of it - put the earth,
He secured the ashes inside Tiamat,
He unwound the net and freed her body.
Thus he created heaven and earth,
He firmly cemented the connection between heaven and earth,
Then he appointed his rituals, established his rites.
He ordered Aye to take the reins of government,
He brought the tables of fate that he took from Kingu, -
A heartfelt gift,” he gave it to Anu.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru