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-! English !! Original Old Babylonian</noinclude>
+! Akkadian !! colspan="2" | Transliteration !! English</noinclude>
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-|<poem>When the sky above was not named,
+|<poem>
-And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name,
+𒂊𒉡𒈠𒂊𒇺 𒆷𒈾𒁍𒌑𒃻𒈠𒈬
-And the primeval Apsû, who begat them,
+𒉺𒅁𒇺𒄠𒈠𒌈 𒋗𒈠𒆷𒍠𒋥
-And chaos, Tiamat, the mother of them both,
+𒍪𒀊𒈠𒊕𒌅𒌑𒍝𒊒𒋗𒌦
-Their waters were mingled together,
+𒈬𒌝𒈬𒋾𒊩𒆳 𒈬𒀠𒇷𒁕𒀜𒁶𒊑𒋙𒌦
-And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen;
+𒀀𒈨𒌍𒋙𒉡𒅖𒋼𒌋𒌋𒄿𒄭𒄣𒌑𒈠
-When of the gods none had been called into being.
+𒄀𒉺𒊏𒆷𒆠𒄑𒍮𒊒 𒍮𒍝𒀀𒆷𒊺𒀪𒌑
+𒂊𒉡𒈠𒀭𒀭 𒆷𒋗𒁍𒌋𒈠𒈾𒈠
 </poem>
-| <poem>e-nu-ma e-liš la na-bu-ú šá-ma-mu
+| <poem>
+e-nu-ma e-liš la na-bu-ú šá-ma-mu
 šap-liš am-ma-tum šu-ma la zak-rat
 ZU.AB-ma reš-tu-ú za-ru-šu-un
 mu-um-mu ti-amat mu-al-li-da-at gim-ri-šú-un
 A.MEŠ-šú-nu iš-te-niš i-ḫi-qu-ú-ma
-gi-pa-ra la ki-is-su-ru su-sa-a la she-'u-ú
+gi-pa-ra la ki-iṣ-ṣu-ru ṣu-ṣa-a la še-ʾ-ú
-e-nu-ma dingir dingir la šu-pu-u ma-na-ma
+e-nu-ma DINGIR.DINGIR la šu-pu-u ma-na-ma
+</poem>
+| <poem>
+enūma eliš lā nabû šamāmū
+šapliš ammatu šuma lā zakrat
+apsûm-(ma) rēštû zārûšun
+mummu tiāmtu muʾallidat gimrīšun
+mûšunu ištēniš iḫiqqū-ma
+gipāra lā kiṣṣurū ṣuṣâ lā šēʾū
+enūma ilū lā šūpû manāma
+</poem>
+| <poem>
+When the heavens above did not exist,
+And earth beneath had not come into being
+There was Apsu, the first in order, their begetter,
+(and) maker Tiamat, who bore them all,
+They were mingling their waters together,
+No lea was packed together, no canebrake matted close.
+When no gods at all had been brought forth,
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