Girsu, Tablet with a fragment of the Sumerian Creation Epic

Description	Girsu, Tablet with a fragment of the Sumerian Creation Epic
Details	Translation: Heaven dressed himself like a young hero. Heaven and Earth exchanged cries. In those days, the god Enki and his city Eridu did not yet exist. The god Enlil did not yet live. The splendor of the fields was covered in dust. The flowers were covered in dust. The days did not shine. The new moons did not show themselves in the sky.
Date	ca. 2500 BCE–ca. 2250 BCE
Creator	Jona Lendering
Museum	Paris, Louvre
Licence	CC0 1.0 Universal
Linked	Babylonia
Categories	Sumer
Tags	Mythology, Tablet

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