The Enuma Elish

GPTKB entity

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