The Un-Holy Bible (B.C. edition)

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Its Gug Stone, that directions determined, Ninurta ordered to be taken out, to a place of his choice carried. Coming down the grand gallery, Ninurta the twenty-seven pairs of Nibiru crystals examined. Many in his fight with Marduk were damaged; some the struggle intact survived. To remove the whole ones from their grooves Ninurta ordered, the others with his beam he pulverized. Outside the House Which Like a Mountain Is Ninurta in his Black Bird soared, To the Apex Stone his attention he turned; his enemy's epitome it represented. With his weapons he shook it loose, to the ground in pieces it toppled. By this the fear of Marduk is forever ended! Ninurta, victorious, declared. On the battleground the assembled Anunnaki the praise of Ninurta announced: Like Anu you are made! to their hero and leader they shouted. To replace the incapacitated beacon a mount near the Place of the Celestial Chariots was chosen, Within its innards the salvaged crystals were rearranged. Upon its peak the Gug Stone, the Stone of Directing, was installed; Mount Mashu, Mount of the Supreme Celestial Barque, the mount was called. At that time Enlil his three sons summoned; Ninlil and Ninharsag also attended. Commands over olden lands to confirm, lordships over new lands to assign they met. To Ninurta, who Anzu and Marduk had vanquished, the Enlilship powers were granted, In all the lands his father's surrogate to be. Of the Landing Place in the Cedar Mountains, lordship to Ishkur was granted, To his domain northward thereof was the Landing Place joined. The lands south and east thereof, where the Igigi and their offspring had spread, To Nannar as an everlasting endowment were given,


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