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He took his route towards the rising sound of Tiamat's rage, and all the gods besides, the fathers of the gods pressed in around him, and the lord approached Tiamat.
PLACE: Babylon
TIME: prehistory (mms. dates from ca. 1000 B.C.)
CIRCUMSTANCE: from 'The Creation'
Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia, translated by N.K. Sandars, Penguin Books, 1971, p. 90.
We will wait and listen, we bend and worship
his name! His word is the last appeal
his writ will run from the zenith to the pit.
All glory to the son, our avenger!
His Empire has no end, shepherd of men,
he made them his creatures to the end of time,
they must remember.
He shall command hecatombs, for the gods,
they sball commend food, for the fathers,
and cherish the sanctuary
where the odour of incense and whisper of liturgy
echo on earth the customs of heaven...PLACE: Babylon
TIME: prehistory (mms. dates from ca. 1000 B.C.)
CIRCUMSTANCE: from 'The Creation'
Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia, translated by N.K. Sandars, Penguin Books, 1971, p. 100.
Pastures and pool,
and the byres full,
torrents of rain that hammered the enemy.PLACE: Babylon
TIME: prehistory (mms. dates from ca. 1000 B.C.)
CIRCUMSTANCE: from 'The Creation'
Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia, translated by N.K. Sandars, Penguin Books, 1971, p. 101.
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