The commission given to Marduk by the assembly of the gods, and the point at which the epic turns from theogony to combat. King prints the line with an opening quotation mark and no close, because the speech runs on into the next line; that is reproduced rather than tidied. A single line is quoted because a single line is what the reference names.
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Text"Go, and cut off the life of Tiamat, 1 ReferenceEnuma Elish, Tablet IV, line 31 (King) 1 Reference SchemeCollection, Book, Section 1 Translation
TranslationThe Seven Tablets of Creation 1 Connections
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Source The Seven Tablets of CreationLeonard William King
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1. The Seven Tablets of Creation
Leonard William King, Luzac / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1902Enuma Elish, Tablet IV, line 31 (King)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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