-
- When the gods in their assembly
had made [the heavens],
- The firmament had established and
bound [fast'],
- Living things of all kinds had
created,
- Cattle of the field, beasts of
the field, and moving things of the city.
- After....unto all kinds of living
things....
- [Between beasts] of the field and
moving things of the city had divided....
- .......all creatures, the whole
creation.....
- ......that which in the whole of
my family.....
- [Then arose] Nin-igi-azag, two
small creatures [he created],
- In the assembly of the beasts he
made [their form] brilliant,
- ......the goddess Gula....
- .......one white and one
black.....
- ........one white and one
black.......
Source:
Prior to 2000 B.C.From: George A. Barton, Archaeology and The Bible, 7th Edition revised, (Philadelphia: American
Sunday School, 1937), pg. 296
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