"They rejoiced .................... In Upsukenaku they caused ............. Of the son, the hero, who brought back [benefit for them] 'As for us, whom, succouring, he ...........' They sat down, and in their assembly they proclaimed ... they all announced ..............."
What they proclaimed and announced was apparently his glorious names, as detailed in the seventh and last tablet of the series, which was regarded by George Smith as containing an address to primitive man, but which proves to be really an address to the god Merodach praising him on account of the great work that he had done in overcoming the Dragon, and in thereafter ordering the world anew. As this portion forms a good specimen of Babylonian poetry at its best, the full text of the tablet, with the exception of some short remains of lines, is here presented in as careful a translation as is at present possible.
The Seventh Tablet Of The Creation-Series, Also Known As The Tablet Of The Fifty-One Names.
1 Asari, bestower of planting, establisher of irrigation.
2 Creator of grain and herbs, he who causes verdure to grow.
3 Asari-alim, he who is honoured in the house of counsel, [who increases counsel?].
4 The gods bow down to him, fear [possesses them?].
5 Asari-alim-nunna, the mighty one, light of the father his begetter.
6 He who directs the oracles of Anu, Bel, [and Aa].
7 He is their nourisher, who has ordained....
8 He whose provision is fertility, sendeth forth....
9 Tutu, the creator of their renewal, [is he?].
10 Let him purify their desires, (as for) them, let them [be appeased].
11 Let him then make his incantation, let the gods [be at rest].
12 Angrily did he arise, may he lay low [their breast].
13 Exalted was he then in the assembly of the gods....
14 None among the gods shall [forsake him].
15 _Tutu._(1) "Zi-ukenna," "life of the people"
16 "He who fixed for the gods the glorious heavens;"
18 May the deeds (that he performed) not be forgotten among men.
19 _Tutu._ "Zi-azaga," thirdly, he called (him),--"he who effects purification,"
20 "God of the good wind," "Lord of hearing and obedience,"
21 "Creator of fulness and plenty," "Institutor of abundance,"
22 "He who changes what is small to great,"
23 In our dire need we scented his sweet breath.