The Babylonian legends of the creation and the fight between Bel and the dragon
Subtitle: as told by Assyrian tablets from Nineveh; with twenty-six illustrations
By: Printed by order of the trustees
Contributors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934; Smith, Sidney, 1889-1979
Publisher: [Harrison & Sons, Ltd.]
Published: 1931
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Assyro-Babylonian literature; Babylonian Cosmography
Other titles: Enuma elish. English.
Notes: Cover title.

"This brochure, of which the 1st edition by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge ... was issued in June, 1921, has been revised, and new texts used in the translation."--Prefatory note (signed: Sidney Smith).

Includes bibliographical references (1 leaf at end).
Table of contents: title: Discovery of the tablets; title: Publication of the creation tablets; title: The object of the Babylonian legend of the creation; title: Date of composition; title: Variant forms of the Babylonian legend of the creation; title: The "bilingual" version of the creation legend; title: The legend of the creation according to Berosus and Damascius; title: The seven tablets of creation. Description of their contents; title: The primeval gods; title: Light and darkness; title: Helpers of Tiamat; title: The failure of Anu; title: Marduk slaughters Tiamat; title: The Sun-God tablet; title: The symbols of the gods; title: The creation of man; title: Pre-eminence of Marduk; title: The dragon; title: Recitals of the creation epic; title: The generations of the gods; title: The end of Apsu; title: Childhood of Marduk; title: Tiamat's champion; title: The eleven with Tiamat; title: The assembly of the gods; title: The summons to the gods; title: Gaga's message; title: The address to Marduk; title: Marduk's mission; title: The battle scene; title: The bull of heaven; title: The end of Tiamat; title: The new order; title: The creation of man; title: Hymn of praise; title: The fifty names; title: Epilogue; title: List of the names of stars, with a list showing the month that was associated with each star in the Persian period.