Enūma eliš

Enūma eliš, Lines 4: He smashed her skull

Marduk has caught Tiamat in his net, driven the winds into her and shot her through the heart. Now he finishes her.

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• 4.129-130 He smashed her skull. The lord trod on the lower part of Tiamat; with his unsparing mace he…
• 4.131-132 The north wind carried it away. He cut through the arteries of her blood, and the north wind carried it…
• 4.135-136 He looked at the body. The lord rested, gazing at her dead body. To divide the monstrous flesh, he…
• 4.137-138 Half of her he made the sky. He split her into two like a fish for drying; half of her he…
• 4.139-140 Guards on the waters above. He drew the bolt, he posted guards, and ordered them not to let her…

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