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and announced his intention of creating man out of
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DAMI ISSIMTUM. We have already quoted (see p. 11) the statement of Berosus that man was created out of the blood of a god mixed with earth; here, then, is the authority for his words. Marduk made known to Ea his intention of creating man, and Ea suggested that if one of the gods were sacrificed the remainder of them should be set free from service, presumably to Marduk. Thereupon Marduk summons a council of the gods, and asks them to name the instigator of the fight in which he himself was the victor. In reply the gods named Kingu, Ti‚mat's second husband, whom they seized forthwith, and bound with fetters and carried to Ea, and then having
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about whom nothing is known. The place of sacrifice is specified with some care, and it is said to be
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Uzu-mu-a, or the bond of heaven and earth.
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Gate of God,