they called it by the mighty name of the holy city, the seat of their well-being.[298]
Merodach[299] tied (reeds) together to form a weir in the water,
he made dust and mixed it with the reeds of the weir,
that the gods might dwell in the seat of (their) well-being.[300]
Mankind he created,—
the goddess Aruru created the seed of mankind with him,[301]—
the cattle of the field, the living creatures in the field, he created;
the Tigris and Euphrates he made, and set them in their place,
giving them good names.
Moss and seed-plant of the marsh, reed and rush he created,