{"collection":"Ancient Near East","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/stc/stc02.htm","path":"ane/stc/stc02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ane/stc/stc02.htm","text":"The Seven Tablets of Creation, by Leonard William King, [1902]\n| | PAGE | \n| PREFACE | XI | \n| INTRODUCTION:\u2014 | XXV | \n| I. DESCRIPTION AND LITERATURE OF THE POEM ENUMA ELISH | XXV | \n| II. CONTENTS OF THE POEM AND DISCUSSION OF NEW MATERIAL | XXX | \n| III. COMPOSITION OF THE POEM | LXVI | \n| IV. DATE AND ORIGIN OF THE BABYLONIAN CREATION LEGENDS | LXXII | \n| V. INFLUENCE OF THE BABYLONIAN CREATION LEGENDS AND PARALLELS IN HEBREW LITERATURE | LXXX | \n| VI. AUTHORITIES FOR THE TEXT OF THE POEM ENUMA ELISH AND THE ASSYRIAN COMMENTARIES | XCVII | \n| VII. RECONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEXT | CXX | \n| TRANSLITERATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS:\u2014 | | \n| I. THE SEVEN TABLETS OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION. | | \n| I. THE FIRST TABLET | 2 | \n| II. THE SECOND TABLET | 22 | \n| III. THE THIRD TABLET | 38 | \n| IV. THE FOURTH TABLET | 58 | \n| V. THE FIFTH TABLET | 78 | \n| VI. THE SIXTH TABLET | 86 | \n| VII. THE SEVENTH TABLET | 92 | \n| EPILOGUE | 110 | \n| II. OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION. | | \n| I. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE DRAGON-MYTH | 116 | \n| II. A REFERENCE TO THE CREATION OF THE CATTLE AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD | 122 | \n| III. A REFERENCE TO THE CREATION OF THE MOON AND THE SUN | 124 | \n| IV. AN ADDRESS TO THE RIVER OF CREATION | 128 | \n| V. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE CREATION OF THE WORLD BY MARDUK | 130 | \n| VI. THE \"CUTHAEAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION\" | 140 | \n| p. XXIV | | \n| APPENDICES:\u2014 | | \n| I. ASSYRIAN COMMENTARIES AND PARALLEL TEXTS TO THE SEVENTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES | 157 | \n| II. ON SOME FRAGMENTS OF THE SERIES ENUMA ELISH, AND ON SOME TEXTS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF CREATION | 182 | \n| III. ON SOME TRACES OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION IN RELIGIOUS AND ASTROLOGICAL LITERATURE | 204 | \n| IV. SUPPOSED ASSYRIAN LEGENDS OF THE TEMPTATION AND THE TOWER OF BABEL | 219 | \n| V. A \"PRAYER OF THE RAISING OF THE HAND\" TO ISHTAR | 222 | \n| INDICES, GLOSSARY, ETC.:\u2014 | | \n| I. INDEX TO TEXTS. | | \n| A. CUNEIFORM TEXTS FROM BABYLONIAN TABLETS, ETC., IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, PART XIII (1901), PLATES 1-41 | 239 | \n| B. SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS, PUBLISHED IN VOL. II, PLATES, I-LXXXIV | 241 | \n| C. SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS, PUBLISHED IN APPENDICES I, II, AND III. | 244 | \n| II. INDEX TO REGISTRATION NUMBERS | 245 | \n| III. GLOSSARY OF SELECTED WORDS | 251 | \n| IV. INDEX TO NAMES OF DEITIES, STARS, PLACES, ETC. | 266 | \n| PLATES:\u2014 | | \n| I. THE SIXTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES | VIII | \n| II. THE FIRST TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES | XXXV | \n| III. THE SECOND TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES | XLIII | \n| IV. THE FOURTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES | XLVII | \n| V. THE FIFTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES | LI | \n| VI. THE SEVENTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES | LXI |","title":"The Seven Tablets of Creation: Contents","type":"page"}