Enuma Elish - Tablet V

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He.(i.e. Marduk) made the stations for the great gods

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The stars, their images, as the stars of the Zodiac, he fixed

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He ordained the year and into sections he divided it

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For the twelve months he fixed three stars

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After he had the days of the year images

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He founded the station of Nibir 1to determine their bounds

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That none might err or go astray

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He set the station of Bêl and Ea along with him

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He opened great gates on both sides

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He made strong the bolt on the left and on the right

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In the midst thereof he fixed the zenith

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The Moon-god he caused to shine forth, the night he entrusted to him

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He appointed him, a being of the night, to determine the days

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Every month without ceasing with the crown he covered(?) him, (saying

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"At the beginning of the month, when thou shinest upon the land

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"Thou commandest the horns to determine six days

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"And on the seventh day to [divide] the crown

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"On the fourteenth day thou shalt stand opposite, the half

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"When the Sun-god on the foundation of heaven thee

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"The thou shalt cause to ..., and thou shalt make his

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" ... unto the path of the Sun-god shalt thou cause to draw nigh

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"[And on the ... day] thou shalt stand opposite, and the Sun-god shall

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" to traverse her way

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" thou shalt cause to draw nigh, and thou shalt judge the right

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" to destroy

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" me. "..." [The following twenty-two lines are taken from K. 3,449a, and probably form part of the Fifth Tablet.] (66 ). (67) (68 ) From (69) In E-sagil (70) To establish (71) The station of (72) The great gods (73) The gods (74) He took and (75) The gods [his fathers] beheld the net which he had made, (76) They beheld the bow and how [its work] was accomplished. (77) They praised the work which he had done (78) Then Anu raised [the ...] in the assembly of the gods. (79) H e kissed the bow, (saying), "It is !" (80) And thus he named the names of the bow, (saying), (81) "'Long-wood' shall be one name, and the second name [shall be ...] (82) "And its third name shall be the Bow-star, in heaven [shall it ...]" (83) Then he fixed a station for it (84) Now after the fate of (85) [He set] a throne (86) in heaven (87) ... [The following traces of the last thirteen lines of the Fifth Tablet are taken from the reverse of K. 11,641 and from the reverse of K. 8,526.] (128) " him " (129) " them " (130) " him " (131) " them " (132) " their may " (133) the gods spake, (134) the heavens : 1 (135) "[... your] son " (136) " our hath he " (137) " he hath caused to live " (138) " splendour " (139) " not !" (140) " we !"