The stars, their images, as the stars of the zodiac he fixed.

He ordained the year and into sections he divided it;

For the twelve months he fixed three stars.

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The Moon-god he caused to shine forth, the night he intrusted to him.

He appointed him, a being of the night, to determine the days.

The rest of the tablet is rather badly mutilated. The sixth begins:

When Marduk heard the words of the gods,

His heart prompted him and he devised

He opened his mouth and unto Ea [he spake],