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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "EE-1:1",
        "text": "When in the height heaven was not named"
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "EE-1:2",
        "text": "And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name"
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        "n": 3,
        "refId": "EE-1:3",
        "text": "And the primeval Apst, who begat them"
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        "n": 4,
        "refId": "EE-1:4",
        "text": "And chaos, Tiamat, the mother of them both,—"
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        "n": 5,
        "refId": "EE-1:5",
        "text": "Their waters were mingled together"
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        "n": 6,
        "refId": "EE-1:6",
        "text": "And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen"
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        "n": 7,
        "refId": "EE-1:7",
        "text": "When of the gods none had been called into being"
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        "n": 8,
        "refId": "EE-1:8",
        "text": "And none bore a name, and no destinies [were"
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        "n": 9,
        "refId": "EE-1:9",
        "text": "Then were created the gods in the midst* of"
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        "n": 10,
        "refId": "EE-1:10",
        "text": "Ages*increased,[ . . - - J"
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        "n": 11,
        "refId": "EE-1:11",
        "text": "Then Ansar and KiSar were created, and over"
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        "n": 12,
        "refId": "EE-1:12",
        "text": "Long were the days, then there came forth*[. . ]"
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        "n": 13,
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        "text": "Anu, theirson, [ 2... 2. 2 ee eee"
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        "n": 14,
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        "text": "AnSarandAnu[ .......... |"
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        "n": 15,
        "refId": "EE-1:15",
        "text": "Andthe god Anu [ . . . ; = iy i]"
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        "n": 16,
        "refId": "EE-1:16",
        "text": "Nudimmud, whom his fathers [his] bedetrers# fe"
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        "n": 17,
        "refId": "EE-1:17",
        "text": "He was exceeding strongf . . . . . . . |"
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        "n": 18,
        "refId": "EE-1:18",
        "text": "Hehadnorival[ . . . . . 2... ]"
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        "n": 19,
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        "text": "And unto Tiamat, the glistening one, he addressed"
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        "n": 20,
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        "text": "When Tiamat [heard]* these words"
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        "n": 21,
        "refId": "EE-1:21",
        "text": "She raged and cried aloudf . . . . |}."
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        "text": "She uttered a curse, and unto [Apsii she spake|\":"
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        "n": 23,
        "refId": "EE-1:23",
        "text": "Mummu answered, and gave counsel unto Apsii"
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        "n": 24,
        "refId": "EE-1:24",
        "text": "Apsi [hearkened unto]* him and his countenance"
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        "n": 25,
        "refId": "EE-1:25",
        "text": "Lamentation[ . . . . ] they sat in [sorrow] °"
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        "n": 26,
        "refId": "EE-1:26",
        "text": "Then Ea, who knoweth all that [is],1 went up and"
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        "n": 27,
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        "text": "To direct the battle, to control the fight"
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        "n": 28,
        "refId": "EE-1:28",
        "text": "Now Kingu, (thus) exalted, having received [the"
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