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To befit heaven and earth grandly, they raised Enki, the lord, the firstborn son of holy An, to the status of junior Enlil. So that he can reveal everything (?), they bestowed sevenfold wisdom upon him as a gift. They have established eternally that he should give counsel, that he should decide great fates, that he ......, and that he should provide wisdom. The pure abzu, the house whose brickwork ......, whose façade settles the mind, ...... to place before him ....... 1 line fragmentary unknown number of lines missing They (Enlil and Ninlil) are powerful princes, lords who decides the…