In Epic Hunt
An Old Babylonian creation myth
Nearly complete Old Babylonian Akkadian narrative about the gods.
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| Designation | BM.78962 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | BM.78962 |
| Collection | Sippar |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative; CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Creation Myth |
| Findspot | find-spot unknown |
| Source | electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich — MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified |
| Lines | 53 (53 with machine English) |
Machine draft. English generated by model atf-en-best-v2 (montycrypto/atf-to-english) (version d871547f92875415dbbc7f4a37fd65e35f8ac97d) on 2026-10-05, line by line from the ATF. Not a scholarly translation.
The transliteration is not reproduced here because the source (electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich) is not marked as republishable; read it at the source link above.
| Line | English (machine draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse | |
| 1 | ... Ea knew |
| 2 | samut and kaqqaru-disease |
| 3 | ... may he speak |
| 4 | ... the one who established him, his brother |
| 5 | ... Ea stood |
| 6 | ... uaa |
| 7 | may they pluck up, and may they return. |
| 8 | May you speak to the people of Ea! |
| 9 | May he be happy. |
| 10 | ... her and they swore an oath |
| 11 | he smote, he smote, and |
| 12 | he entered, and his abode became dilapidated. |
| 13 | entered, and the igigu-demon struck, his work |
| 14 | Enlil entered, and his throne rejoiced. |
| 15 | entered, and the igigu-demon struck, his work |
| 16 | and Gilgamesh the mighty, warriors |
| 17 | entered, and with them |
| 18 | the work of his father he carried off. |
| 19 | he saw him, and the king, the gods, the warriors |
| 20 | above him, the god |
| 21 | a fate for him |
| 22 | Enlil saw him, and the king, the gods, the warriors |
| 23 | above him, the god |
| 24 | the fate of his fate |
| 25 | You are a liar, |
| 26 | you have done, you are great |
| 27 | I am Gilgame, I am your name. |
| 28 | until you have finished the work on my behalf. |
| 29 | the god of your brothers |
| reverse | |
| 1 | until you have received it. |
| 2 | my father, from the god of your brother |
| 3 | you will fill them with awe-inspiring splendor. |
| 4 | I have returned to my father. The life of the gods is with you. |
| 5 | with Asalluhi, the mama-priest of the gods |
| 6 | In the temple of a god or a man may he give your name. |
| 7 | and Elamite that you have given to her and |
| 8 | Let him go and in the middle of the heavens |
| 9 | ... may he stand and |
| 10 | In the middle of the night, |
| 11 | ... to her people |
| 12 | ...... let him come and |
| 13 | ...... to her people |
| 14 | ... let them place with her... |
| 15 | ...... let them place |
| 16 | ... let them place... with us |
| 17 | ...... let the king, my lord, hear it. |
| 18 | I came before you among the gods. |
| 19 | ...... your father |
| 20 | among the gods, your brothers |
| 21 | You are able to draw near to the ground. |
| 22 | ... finished(?) |
| 23 | Tablet 7 of.... |
| 24 | Hand of u-iqia |