Source objects for this passage

Parallel object

Cuneiform liturgical tablet to Marduk, preserving later ritual use of Marduk traditions around creation and kingship.

Source details

ca. 2nd–1st century BCE - 86.11.351

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Parallel object

Cuneiform hymn to Marduk, a direct material context for the Marduk-centered creation and divine kingship passages.

Source details

1st millennium BCE - 86.11.313

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Public-domain object image and collection data released through The Met Open Access program under CC0.

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

Seven Tablets of Creation Second Tablet