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 84
in one column on the front and back, andprobably including over one hundred lines oftext. The first fragment in the story is the upper partof the first tablet, giving the description of the voidor chaos, and part of the generation of the gods.The translation is: 1. When above, were not raised the… … CQ i § GF THE CREATION. 63 5. Those waters at the beginning were ordained ;but 6. a tree had not grown, a flower had not unfolded. 7. When the gods had not sprung up, any one ofthem; 8. a plant had not grown, and order did not exist; 9. Were made also the great gods, 10. the gods Lahmu and Lahamu…
