Enūma eliš

Enūma eliš, Lines 6: Blood and bone

Marduk has made the sky, the stars and the earth. Now he tells his father Ea his plan.

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da-midāmīBloodlu-uk-ṣur-malukṣurmaI will knit togetheriṣ-ṣi-im-tumeṣṣimtumbonelu-šab-ši-malušabšimaI will bring into beinglu-uš-ziz-malušzizmaI will set uplilâlullâa first manlulūshall bea-me-luamēlu“Man”šum-šušumšuhis name

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