03.002. CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION:--

I. DESCRIPTION AND LITERATURE OF THE POEM ENUMA ELISH

II. CONTENTS OF THE POEM AND DISCUSSION OF NEW MATERIAL

III. COMPOSITION OF THE POEM

IV. DATE AND ORIGIN OF THE BABYLONIAN CREATION LEGENDS

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

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

VII. RECONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEXT

TRANSLITERATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS:--

I. THE SEVEN TABLETS OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION.

I. THE FIRST TABLET

II. THE SECOND TABLET

III. THE THIRD TABLET

IV. THE FOURTH TABLET

V. THE FIFTH TABLET

VI. THE SIXTH TABLET

VII. THE SEVENTH TABLET

EPILOGUE

II. OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE HISTORY OF CREATION.

I. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE DRAGON-MYTH

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

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

IV. AN ADDRESS TO THE RIVER OF CREATION

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

VI. THE "CUTHAEAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION"

APPENDICES:--

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

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

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

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

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

INDICES, GLOSSARY, ETC.:--

I. INDEX TO TEXTS.

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

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

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

II. INDEX TO REGISTRATION NUMBERS

III. GLOSSARY OF SELECTED WORDS

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

PLATES:--

I. THE SIXTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

II. THE FIRST TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

III. THE SECOND TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

IV. THE FOURTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

V. THE FIFTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES

VI. THE SEVENTH TABLET OF THE CREATION SERIES