The Chaldean account of Genesis : containing the description of the creation, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom, the times of the Patriarchs, and Nimrod, Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods : from the cuneiform inscriptions (1876)
Smith, George, 1840-1876 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 122
OF THE CREATION. 99 mentary state of the documents, it being impossibleeven to decide the order of the fragments. It ap-pears, however, that the gods have fashioned for thema sword and a bow to fight the dragon Tiamat, andAnil proclaims great- honour (fourth fragment, lines15 to 20) to any of the… … Merodach, or Bel, armed for the Conflict with theDragon; from Assyrian Ctlinder. who has become her husband, and meets Merodach inbattle. The description of the fight and the subse-quent triumph of the god are very fine, and remark-ably curious in their details, but the connectionbetween the…
