May the service of the gods be established, and as for them, let ....
Let me alter the ways of the gods, let me chan[ge their paths]—
As one let them be honoured, as two let them be ....’
Aê answered him, and the word he spake.”
Here come the remains of ten very imperfect lines, which probably related the consent of the other gods to the proposal, and must have been followed by a description of the way in which it was carried out. All this, however, is unfortunately not preserved. That the whole of Merodach's work received the approval of “the gods his fathers” is shown by the remains of lines with which the sixth tablet closes:—
“They rejoiced ....................
In Upšukenaku they caused .............
Of the son, the hero, who brought back [benefit for them]
‘As for us, whom, succouring, he ...........’
They sat down, and in their assembly they proclaimed