23. .............................. signs (?), seek (?) her way! 24. ................ approach ye and judge justice! 25. .................................... to destroy, 26. ........................................................ me.” (Some lines are lost at this point. It is estimated that forty of them are lacking.) 67. After ................................. 68. In Esagila[361] ................................. 69. To establish ................................ 70. The station of ............................. 71. The great gods ................................ 72. The gods ........................... 73. He received ......................... 74. The net which he had made the [great] gods saw, 75. Saw the bow, how skillful [its workmanship]; 76. The work which he had done, they [loudly] praised. 77. Then arose Anu in the assembly of the [great] gods, 78. The bow he kissed it ............................. 79. “Long-wood shall be one name, and a second ................. 80. Its third name shall be Bow-star in the heavens.” 81. He fixed its position [unto distant days]. 82. After the destiny of .............................. 83. [He set] a throne ...................................... 84. ......................... in the heavens ................... (Practically all the remainder of Tablet V is as yet undiscovered. From a very broken fragment, preserved in the British Museum, it appears that when the gods saw the work of Marduk in adorning the heavens with constellations, they broke into rapturous praise of him. It is these words to which reference is made at the beginning of Tablet VI.) Tablet VI 1. Marduk, the word of the gods, when he heard it, 2. His heart was stirred, he formed a brilliant plan. 3. He opened his mouth, to Ea he spoke, 4. What in his heart he had conceived he made known to him: 5. “My blood will I divide, bone will I [fashion], 6. I will make man, yes, man ................... 7. I will create man who shall dwell on the [earth]; 8. Truly shall the service of the gods be established--of them and their shrines. 9. I will alter the ways of the gods, and will change [their paths], 10. Together shall they be honored, and unto evil shall [they]” ...... 11. Then Ea answered him and said: 12. ........ the ......... of the gods have I changed, 13. ................... one ..................... 14. ........ shall be destroyed, and people will I ............. 15. ............. and the gods ................ 16. ........... give and they .............. 17. ......... shall assemble (?) and the gods ............. 18. ............................................................ 19. .............. the gods ................................ 20. .................. the Anunnaki ..................