Origin/Historian/Author: Late Neo Babylonian
Source: Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts, By E. Ebeling, 1919, 1923
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The upper heavens are luludānītu-stone, of An,
he [settled] the 300 Igigi therein.
The middle heavens are saggilmut-stone, of the Igigi,
Bēl sat therein on the lofty dais in the chamber of lapis lazuli,
he lit a wick of elmešu-stone.
The lower heavens are jasper, of the stars,
he drew the constellations of the gods thereon.
[On the base] of the upper earth he made frail humanity to lie down.
[On the base] of the middle earth he settled his father Ea [ . . . ] . he did not distinguish . .
[On the base] of the lower [earth] he confined the 600 Anunnaki [ . . . ] . . [ . . . ] of jasper