Marduk’s instructions to the moon (1)

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Enūma Eliš 5.12-22:
The moon he caused to shine forth; the night he entrusted to her.
He appointed her, the ornament of the night, to make known the days.
“Monthly without ceasing go forth with a tiara,
at the beginning of the month, namely, of the rising over the land,
you will shine with horns to make known six days;
on the seventh day with half a tiara.
At the full moon you will stand in opposition (to the sun), in the middle of each [month].
When the sun has [overtaken] you on the foundation of heaven,
Decrease [the tiara of full] light and form (it) backward.
[At the period of invisi]bility draw near to the way of the sun,
and on [the twenty-ninth] you will stand in opposition to the sun a second time.”

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Enūma Eliš 5.12-22

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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