The battle was stilled, Ninurta’s weapons Anzu did not vanquish!
Enki then to Ninurta counsel gave: With your Whirlwind stir up a storm,
Let the dust cover Anzu’s face, let it the wings of his skybird ruffle!
For his son Enlil a mighty weapon fashioned, a Tillu missile it was;
To your Stormer-weapon attach it, when wing to wing near, at Anzu shoot it!
Thus did Enlil his son Ninurta instruct.
When wing to wing near each other, let the missile fly as a lightning!
Again Ninurta in his Whirlwind soared; Anzu against him in his skybird rose to challenge.
Wing to wing! Anzu in anger shouted. This battle will be your destruction!
Ninurta the advice of Enki followed; with his Whirlwind a dust storm he created.
The dust Anzu’s face covered, the pinions of his skybird were exposed;
Into their midst Ninurta the missile let loose, a fiery brilliance Anzu’s pinions engulfed.
Like butterflies his wings began to flutter; to the ground Anzu came falling.
The Earth shook, the skies became darkened;
The fallen Anzu Ninurta made captive, from him the Tablets he retrieved.
From the mountaintop the Igigi were watching;
When to the Landing Place Ninurta came, they trembled and kissed his feet.
Ninurta the captive Abgal and Anunnaki set free, to Anu and Enlil his victory he announced.
To Nibru-ki he then returned, in its innermost chamber the Tablets were reinstalled.
Once again the brilliance therein returned, the hum of ME’s in the Tablets was restored.
Before the Seven Who Judge Anzu for a judgment was taken;
Enlil and Ninlil his spouse, Enki and his spouse Ninki, the one beforehand as Damkina known,
And the sons Nannar and Marduk were there; Ninmah also was in judging.
Ninurta of the evil deeds spoke: There was no justification, let death be the penalty! he said.
The Igigi by right were complaining, a rest place on Earth they do need! Marduk in counter argued.
By his evil deed all the Anunnaki and Igigi Anzu did endanger! Enlil said.
Enki and Ninmah with Enlil agreed; the evil must be extinguished! they said.
To death by execution the seven judged Anzu;
With a killing ray Anzu’s life breath was extinguished. Let his body to the vultures be left! Ninurta said.
Let him on Lahmu be buried, in a cave next to Alalu be laid to rest! Enki was saying.
From the same ancestral seed the two of them were!
Let Marduk the body to Lahmu carry, let Marduk there as commander stay!
So was Enki to the judges suggesting. Let it so be! Enlil said.
Now this is the account of how Bad-Tibira, the Metal City, was established,
And how in the fortieth Shar the Anunnaki in the Abzu mutinied.
In the twenty-fifth Shar was Anzu judged and executed,
The unrest of the Igigi it subdued but left it simmering.
To Lahmu Marduk was sent, the spirits of the Igigi to raise, to their well-being pay attention.
On Earth changes were by Enlil and Enki discussed, to avoid unrest on Earth they were considering.
The stays on Earth are too prolonged, to each other they were saying.
Ninmah for counsel they asked; by her changing visage they were alarmed.
Gold to Nibiru must more quickly flow, salvation must be faster provided! they all agreed.
Ninurta in the innards of planets learned was; to his elders words of wisdom he was saying:
Let a Metal City be established, therein the gold ores to be smelted and refined,
Therefrom less weighty cargoes from Earth shall be lofted.
Each rocketship more gold could carry, room for Anunnaki to Nibiru return there shall be,
Let the tired to Nibiru return, let fresh ones them on Earth replace!
Enlil and Enki and Ninmah of Ninurta’s suggestion were in favor, Anu was consulted and his approval gave.
In the Edin was the Metal City planned, on that location Enlil did insist!
With materials from Nibiru was it constructed, with tools from Nibiru was it equipped.
Three Shars the construction lasted, Bad-Tibira was it the name given.
Ninurta, who made the suggestion, was its first commander.
The flow of gold to Nibiru was thereby eased and quickened,
Those who to Earth and Lahmu at the beginning of the Prior Times had come
To Nibiru were returning; Alalgar and Abgal and Nungal among them were.
The newcomers who them replaced were younger and eager;
To the cycles of Earth and Lahmu and the other rigors they were not accustomed.
On Nibiru, whence they had come, the breach in the atmosphere was healing;
The great calamities on the planet and in its heavens the younger ones did not know.
Of their golden mission excitement and adventure they especially cherished!
As by Ninurta conceived, the ores from the Abzu were delivered,
In Bad-Tibira they were smelted and refined, by rocketships to Lahmu they were sent;
In celestial chariots from Lahmu to Nibiru was the pure gold delivered.
As by Ninurta conceived, from the Abzu to Nibiru the gold flowed;
What was not conceived was unrest by the newcoming Anunnaki who in the Abzu toiled!
Truth be said, Enki to what was brewing heed was not giving,
To other matters in the Abzu his attention was directing.
With that which in the Abzu grows and lives fascination he acquired;
Of the differences between what on Earth and what on Nibiru appeared he wished to learn,
How maladies by Earth’s cycles and atmosphere were caused he wished to uncover.
In the Abzu, by the gushing waters, a wondrous study place he erected,
With all manner of tools and equipment he furnished it.
House of Life he called the place, to it his son Ningishzidda he invited.
Sacred Formulas, tiny ME’s, the secrets of life and death possessing they shaped,
The mysteries of living and dying of Earth’s creatures they to unravel sought.
With some living creatures Enki was especially enamored;
They lived among the tall trees, their front legs as hands they were using.
In the tall grasses of the steppes odd creatures were seen; erect they seemed to be walking.
Absorbed was Enki in those studies; what was among the Anunnaki brewing he noticed not.
First to notice trouble was Ninurta: A lessening of gold ores at Bad-Tibira he observed.
By Enlil was Ninurta to the Abzu dispatched, what was ongoing to discover.
By Ennugi, the Chief Officer, to the excavations he was accompanied,
Complaints of the Anunnaki he with his own ears heard;
They were backbiting and lamenting, in the excavations they were grumbling;
Unbearable is the toil! to Ninurta they were saying.
Ninurta this to his uncle Enki reported. Let us Enlil summon! Enki said.
Enlil in the Abzu arrived, in a house near the excavations he was stationed.
Let us unnerve Enlil in his dwelling! mine-working heroes shouted.
Of the heavy work let him relieve us!
Let us proclaim war, with hostilities let us gain relief! others shouted.
The Anunnaki in the excavations the words of incitement heeded,
To their tools they set fire, fire to their axes they put.
They troubled Ennugi, Chief Officer of the Mining, in the tunnels they him seized;
They held him as they went, to the doorway of Enlil’s dwelling they made their way.
It was night, halfway through the watch it was;
Enlil’s dwelling they surrounded, their tools as torches they high held.
Kalkal, the gateway’s guardian, bolted the door and Nusku aroused;
Nusku, Enlil’s vizier, roused his lord, got him out of bed, thus saying:
My lord, your house is surrounded, battling Anunnaki to your gate came up!
Enlil summoned Enki, Enlil Ninurta summoned to his presence:
What do my own eyes see! Is it against me that this thing is done?
Thus was Enlil to them saying: Who is of the hostilities the instigator?
The Anunnaki stood together: Every single one of us hostilities has declared!
Excessive is the toil, our work is heavy, great is the distress! So they were to Enlil saying.
Words of the happenings Enlil to Anu beamed. Of what is Enlil accused? Anu inquired.
The work, not Enlil, is the trouble causing! Enki to Anu was saying.
The lamentation is heavy, every day the complaints we could hear!
The gold must be obtained! Anu was saying. The work must continue!
Release Ennugi for consultations! Enlil to the hostile Anunnaki said.
Ennugi was released; to the leaders he was thus saying:
Ever since Earth’s heat has been rising, the toil is excruciating, unbearable it is!
Let the rebels to Nibiru return, let new ones come in their stead! Ninurta said.
Perchance new tools you can fashion? Enlil to Enki said. For the Anunnaki heroes the tunnels to avoid?
Let us summon my son Ningishzidda, counsel with him I wish to take! Enki thus responded.
They summoned Ningishzidda, from the House of Life he came;
With him Enki huddled, words amongst them they exchanged.
A solution is possible! Enki was saying:
Let us create a Lulu, a Primitive Worker, the hardship work to take over,
Let the Being the toil of the Anunnaki carry on his back!
Astounded were the besieged leaders, speechless indeed they were.
Whoever heard of a Being afresh created, a worker who the Anunnaki’s work can do?
They summoned Ninmah, one who of healing and succor was much knowing.
Enki’s words to her they repeated: Whoever of such a thing heard? they her asked.
The task is unheard of! she to Enki said. All beings from a seed have descended,
One being from another over aeons did develop, none from nothing ever came!
How right you are my sister! Enki said, smiling.
A secret of the Abzu let me to you all reveal:
The Being that we need, it already exists!
All that we have to do is put on it the mark of our essence,
Thereby a Lulu, a Primitive Worker, shall be created! So did Enki to them say.
Let us hereby a decision make, a blessing to my plan give:
To create a Primitive Worker, by the mark of our essence to fashion him!
THE SIXTH TABLET
Synopsis of the Sixth Tablet
To the incredulous leadership, Enki reveals a secret:
In the Abzu there roams a wild Being akin to the Anunnaki;
By augmenting its life essence with that of the Anunnaki,
It can be upgraded to be an intelligent Primitive Worker.
Creation belongs to the Father of All Beginning, Enlil shouted
We will give our image only to an existing being, Ninmah argued
Badly needing gold to survive, the leaders vote Yes
Enki, Ninmah, and Ningishzidda Enki’s son begin experiments
After many failures the perfect-model Adamu is attained
Ninmah shouts triumphantly: My hands have made it!
She is renamed Ninti (“Lady of Life”) for her achievement
Ninki, Enki’s spouse, helps fashion Ti-Amat, a female Earthling
The Earthlings, being hybrids, mate but do not procreate
Ningishzidda adds two essence branches to their Life Tree
Discovering the unapproved ongoings, Enlil expels the Earthlings
The double-helix DNA emblem of Ningishzidda
To create a Primitive Worker, by the mark of our essence to fashion him!
So was Enki to the leaders saying.
The Being that we need, it already exists!
Thus did Enki to them a secret of the Abzu reveal.
With astonishment did the other leaders Enki’s words hear; by the words they were fascinated.
Creatures in the Abzu there are, Enki was saying, that walk erect on two legs,
Their forelegs they use as arms, with hands they are provided.
Among the animals of the steppe they live. They know not dressing in garments,
They eat plants with their mouths, they drink water from lake and ditch.
Shaggy with hair is their whole body, their head hair is like a lion’s;
With gazelles they jostle, with teeming creatures in the waters they delight!
The leaders to Enki’s words with amazement listened.
No creature like that has ever in the Edin been seen! Enlil, disbelieving, said.
Aeons ago, on Nibiru, our predecessors like that might have been! Ninmah was saying.
It is a Being, not a creature!
Ninmah was saying. To behold it must be a thrill!
To the House of Life Enki led them; in strong cages there were some of the beings.
At the sight of Enki and the others they jumped up, with fists on the cage bars they were beating.
They were grunting and snorting; no words were they speaking.
Male and female they are! Enki was saying; malehoods and femalehoods they have,
Like us, from Nibiru coming, they are procreating.
Ningishzidda, my son, their Fashioning Essence has tested;
Akin to ours it is, like two serpents it is entwined;
When their with our life essence shall be combined, our mark upon them shall be,
A Primitive Worker shall be created! Our commands will he understand,
Our tools he will handle, the toil in the excavations he shall perform;
To the Anunnaki in the Abzu relief shall come!
So was Enki with enthusiasm saying, with excitement his words came forth.
Enlil at the words was hesitating: The matter is one of great importance!
On our planet, slavery has long ago been abolished, tools are the slaves, not other beings!
A new creature, beforehand nonexisting, you wish to bring into being;
Creation in the hands of the Father of All Beginning alone is held!
So was Enlil in opposing saying; stern were his words.
Enki to his brother responded: Not slaves, but helpers is my plan!
The Being already exists! Ninmah was saying. To give more ability is the plan!
Not a new creature, but one existing more in our image made! Enki with persuasion said,
With little change it can be achieved, only a drop of our essence is needed!
A grave matter it is, it is not to my liking! Enlil was saying.
Against the rules of from planet to planet journeying it is,
By the rules of to Earth coming it was forbidden.
To obtain gold was our purpose, to replace the Father of All Beginning it was not!
After Enlil thus had spoken, Ninmah was the one to respond:
My brother! Ninmah to Enlil was saying,
With wisdom and understanding has the Father of All Beginning us endowed,
To what purpose have we so been perfected, else of it utmost use to make?
With wisdom and understanding has the Creator of All our life essence filled,
To whatever using of it we capable are, is it not that for which we have been destined?
So was Ninmah words to her brother Enlil directing.
With that which in our essence was granted, tools and chariots we have perfected,
Mountains with terror weapons we shattered, skies with gold we are healing!
So was Ninurta to his birth-giving mother saying.
Let us with wisdom new tools fashion, not new beings create,
Let by ne
w equipments, not by slave beings, the toil be relieved!
Whereto our understanding does us lead, to that we have been destined!
So was Ningishzidda saying, with Enki and Ninmah he in agreement was.
What knowledge we possess, its use cannot be prevented! Ningishzidda was saying.
Destiny indeed cannot be altered, from the Beginning to the End it has been determined!
To them Enlil was thus saying. Destiny it is, or Fate it is,
That to this planet us has brought, to gold from the waters foil,
To put Anunnaki heroes to excavating toil, to a Primitive Worker create to be planning?
That, my kinfolk, is the question! Thus, with graveness, Enlil was saying.
Is it Destiny, is it Fate? That is what deciding requires,
Is it from the Beginning ordained, or by us for choosing?
To put the matter before Anu they decided; Anu before the council the matter presented.
The elders, the savants, the commanders were consulted.
Long and bitter the discussions were, of Life and Death, Fate and Destiny words were spoken.
Can there be another way the gold to obtain? Survival is in danger!
If gold must be obtained, let the Being be fashioned! the council decided.
Let Anu forsake the rules of planetary journeys, let Nibiru be saved!
From Anu’s palace the decision to Earth was beamed; it Enki delighted.
Let Ninmah my helper be, of such matters understanding she has!
Thus was Enki saying. At Ninmah with a longing he was gazing.
Let it so be! Ninmah was saying. Let it so be! Enlil did say.
By Ennugi was the decision to the Anunnaki in the Abzu announced:
Until the Being is achieved, to the toil willingly you must return! he said.
There was disappointment; rebellion there was not; to the toil the Anunnaki returned.
In the House of Life, in the Abzu, how to fashion the Being Enki to Ninmah was explaining.
To a place among the trees Ninmah he directed, a place of cages it was.
In the cages there were odd creatures, their likes in the wild no one had seen:
Foreparts of one kind they had, hindparts of another creature they possessed;
Creatures of two kinds by their essences combined to Ninmah Enki was showing!
To the House of Life they returned, to a clean place with brightness shining they led her.
In the clean place Ningishzidda to Ninmah the life-essence secrets was explaining,
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