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'Whenonhigh'TheBabylonianEpicofCreationSeeFullPDFDownloadPDF•theepicknownamongtheBabyloniansandAssyriansasGeorgeSmithofthe BritishMuseumpublishedthefirstEnglishtranslationinFALLtheSemiticinscriptionscomposedincuneiform.writingfewhaveawakenedasgreatageneral interestasThisstudyconsidersthehistorical,cultural,andliterarysignificanceofsomeofthemostimportantENUMAELISHTHEEPICOFCREATIONLW KingTranslator(fromTheSevenTabletsofCreation,London)AmorecompleteetextoftheSevenTabletsofCreationisalso, TheChaldeanaccountof Genesisoffersauniqueperspectiveonthestoryofcreation,distinctfromthebiblicalnarrativefoundinthebookofGenesisDarrenViesulasTheTabletBefore anythingelseexists,twoprimevalgods,ApsuandTiamat,dwelltogetherWhenonhightheheavenhadnotbeennamed,Thisetextincludesthecomplete introduction,andtheEnglishtextoftheEnumaElishandotherrelatedtexts,withselectedfootnotesItwasrecoveredbyEnglishTheEnumaElishIntime,more godsarebegottenoutofthemixingofthetwogods’waters notably"Theholyhouse,thehouseofthegodsintheholyplacehadnotyetbeenmade"Noreed hadsprungup,notreehadbeenmade"Nobrickhadbeenlaid,nostructureofTheEnumaElish(whicharethefirsttwowordsoftheepicandmeansimply“When onhigh”)isthecreationmythofancientMesopotamiaTheBabylonianEpicofCreationEnimaelish(“Whenabove’’),whichtakesitsnamefromtheopening wordsofthepoemTheEnumaElishisconsideredtheoldestwrittencreationstory,perhapsfromthesecondmillenniumBCTheepicwasrecitedorre-enacted intheannualNewYear'sevents,asisrecordedinSeleucideradocumentsEnumaElish,TheSumerianEpicofCreationTheEnumaElishistheearliestwritten EnūmaEliš(AkkadianCuneiform: ,alsospelled"EnumaElish")istheBabyloniancreationmyth(namedafteritsopeningwords)WhenBabylon conqueredtherestofMesopotamiaandestablishedtheCHAPTERIENUMAELISHThisistheBabylonianversionofamucholderSumerianmythand originallythechieffigureofthemythwasEnlil,theSumerianstormgod.