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evidence: The Enuma Elis -LRB- Akkadian Cuneiform  : , also spelled `` Enuma Elish '' -RRB- , is the Babylonian creation myth -LRB- named after its opening words -RRB- .. Akkadian Cuneiform. Akkadian language. Babylonian. Babylonian mythology. creation myth. creation myth. It was recovered by Austen Henry Layard in 1849 -LRB- in fragmentary form -RRB- in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh -LRB- Mosul , Iraq -RRB- , and published by George Smith in 1876 .. Austen Henry Layard. Austen Henry Layard. Library of Ashurbanipal. Library of Ashurbanipal. Nineveh. Nineveh. Mosul. Mosul. Iraq. Iraq. George Smith. George Smith ( assyriologist ). The Enuma Elis has about a thousand lines and is recorded in Old Babylonian on seven clay tablets , each holding between 115 and 170 lines of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script .. Babylonian. Babylonian mythology. Old Babylonian. Old Babylonian language. Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script. Cuneiform. Most of Tablet V has never been recovered but , aside from this lacuna , the text is almost complete .. lacuna. Lacuna ( manuscripts ). This epic is one of the most important sources for understanding the Babylonian worldview , centered on the supremacy of Marduk and the creation of humankind for the service of the gods .. Babylonian. Babylonian mythology. Marduk. Marduk. gods. Mesopotamian deities. Its primary original purpose , however , is not an exposition of theology or theogony but the elevation of Marduk , the chief god of Babylon , above other Mesopotamian gods .. Marduk. Marduk. gods. Mesopotamian deities. theology. theology. theogony. theogony. Babylon. Babylon. The Enuma Elis exists in various copies from Babylon and Assyria .. Babylon. Babylon. The version from Ashurbanipal 's library dates to the 7th century BCE .. The composition of the text probably dates to the bronze age , to the time of Hammurabi or perhaps the early Kassite era -LRB- roughly 18th to 16th centuries BCE -RRB- , although some scholars favor a later date of .. bronze age. bronze age. Hammurabi. Hammurabi. Kassite. Kassites