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gptkb:cuneiform_tablets
gptkb:mythology
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gptkbp:category
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ancient Near Eastern texts
Babylonian literature
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gptkbp:contains
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gptkb:mythology
theogony
combat myth
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gptkbp:dateWritten
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late second millennium BCE
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gptkbp:describes
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creation of the world
defeat of Tiamat
rise of Marduk
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gptkbp:discoveredIn
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gptkb:Ashurbanipal's_library
gptkb:Nineveh
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gptkbp:featuresCharacter
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gptkb:Apsu
gptkb:Ea
gptkb:Kingu
gptkb:Tiamat
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gptkbp:firstLine
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gptkb:When_on_high_(Enuma_Elish)
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:mythology
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gptkbp:influenced
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later Mesopotamian religion
Hebrew Bible creation narratives
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gptkbp:language
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Akkadian
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gptkbp:mainDeity
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gptkb:Marduk
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:Babylon
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gptkbp:preservedIn
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gptkb:British_Museum
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gptkbp:purpose
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to explain the origins of the gods and the universe
to exalt Marduk
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkb:Atrahasis
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gptkbp:structure
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seven tablets
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gptkbp:translatedInto
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gptkb:George_Smith
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gptkbp:usedIn
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Babylonian New Year festival
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gptkbp:writtenBy
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seven clay tablets
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sacred_Literature
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Enuma Elish
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