The Babylonian Epic of Creation (Enūma elîš), Tablet I, lines 1-13, read by Victor Hurowitz
The transcription is based on the transliteration in P. Talon, The Standard Babylonian Creation Myth: Enūma eliš (Helsinki, 2005).
- enūma eliš lā nabû šamāmū
- šapliš ammatu šuma lā zakrat
- apsûm-ma rēštû zārûšun
- mummu tiamat muallidat gimrišun
- mêšunu ištēniš ihiqqū-ma
- gipāra lā kiṣṣurū ṣuṣâ lā še'û
- enūma ilū lā šūpû manāma
- šuma lā zukkurū šīmatu lā šīmū
- ibbanû-ma ilū qerebšun
- lahmu u lahamu uštapû šumī izzakrū
- adi irbû išīhū
- anšar u kišar ibbanû elišunu atrū
- urrikū ūmī uṣṣibū šanāti