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which the rule of the gods had introduced into the domain of Aps˚ and Ti‚mat) and Aps˚ and his envoy Mummu. Ea went forth to fight the powers of darkness and he conquered Aps˚ and Mummu. The victory over Aps˚, i.e., the confused and boundless mass of primeval water, represents the setting of impassable boundaries to the waters that are on and under the earth, i.e., the formation of the Ocean. The exact details of the conquest cannot be given, but we know that Ea was the possessor of the