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In this comprehensive study, Wayne Horowitz examines all of the extant Mesopotamian texts relating to the ideas of the physical universe and its constituent parts—heaven, earth, the subterranean waters, and the underworld. He shows that the Mesopotamian view of the universe, although somewhat discordant, remained fairly constant over more than 2,500 years.

u4 an ki.ta tab.gi.na bad.a.ta bà.a.[ba] [ . . . KAR 4:1 After heaven was made distant and separated from earth, (its) trusty companion. Enki and Ninmaḫ (Edition Benito Enki 20–81). Enki and Ninmaḫ is known from both Sumerian and bilingual editions. The first two lines of the bilingual edition preserve an incomplete account of the separation of heaven and earth. These lines are not found in any known exemplar of the Sumerian edition: u4.ri.a.ta u4 an.ki.bi.ta ba.an [ . . . ina u4-mi ul-lu-ti [(. . .)]
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