71. Tiâmat perceived it (?); she did not turn her neck. 72. With proud (?) lips she uttered words of defiance: 73. “Who decreed (?) that thou shouldst come as lord of the gods? 74. Have they assembled from their places, are they to serve thee?” 75. The lord raised the tornado, his mighty weapon, 76. [Against] Tiâmat who was raging, thus he spoke: 77. “[Why hast thou] made thyself great? Exalted thyself on high? 78. [Why does thy heart] prompt thee to battle (?) 79. [How can thy helpers] defy (?) the gods, their fathers? 80. [Why] dost thou hate their [command], their ru[le despise]? 81. [Why hast thou exalted Kingu] to be thy spouse? 82. [Hast given] him the functions of deity? 83. [How] canst thou seek after evil? 84. [And against] the gods, my fathers, thy evil plan devise? 85. [Let] thy forces be joined, girded on thy weapons! 86. Stand! I and thou--come let us fight!” 87. Tiâmat, when she heard this, 88. Was like one possessed; she lost her reason. 89. Tiâmat cried out vehemently with high voice, 90. Like roots divided in twain her legs trembled. 91. She uttered an incantation, she cast a charm, 92. And the gods of battle demanded their weapons. 93. Then took their stand Tiâmat and the leader of the gods, Marduk; 94. For the fight they approached, for the battle they drew near. 95. The lord spread out his net and enclosed her, 96. The evil wind from behind he thrust into her face. 97. As Tiâmat opened her mouth to its full extent, 98. The evil wind he drove in, so that her lips could not close. 99. With the mighty winds he filled her belly; 100. Her courage was taken away, and she opened her mouth. 101. He let fall the spear, he burst open her belly, 102. He cut through her inward parts, he pierced her heart, 103. He bound her and her life destroyed; 104. Her body he cast down, upon it he stood. 105. After Tiâmat, the leader, he had slain, 106. Her army he broke, her host was scattered, 107. And the gods, her helpers, who marched by her side, 108. Trembled, feared, they turned their backs; 109. They sought an exit, to save their lives; 110. With a cordon they were encompassed; escape was not possible. 111. He caught them, their weapons he broke, 112. Into the net they fell, in the snare they remained. 113. All quarters of the world they filled with lamentation. 114. His wrath they endured; they were held in bondage. 115. And the eleven creatures, whom she had filled with terribleness, 116. The troop of demons who marched as her helpers (?), 117. He threw into fetters, their power he [broke]; 118. Along with their opposition he trampled them under his feet. 119. And Kingu who had been exalted over them, 120. He took captive, as the god Dugga he counted him.