The Seven Tablets of Creation

Yes — and that's the point. This is L. W. King's complete 1902 translation of the Enuma Elish (the Babylonian creation epic) and five related texts, all seven tablets, with King's full scholarly introduction, plus a new guide: a map, a chronology, a glossary, and notes on what a century of further discovery has changed.

Yes, and it comes with every copy. It is the whole book read chapter by chapter: 24 chapters, 2 hours and 6 minutes, as MP3 files (one per chapter) and as a single M4B file with chapter marks for Apple Books and similar apps. The seven tablets are chapters 6 to 13; the text that was read, with King's brackets left in place, is included so you can check any line you hear. It is emailed to you as download links after your order is confirmed, together with the PDF edition and the poster.

The PDF edition of the whole book — King's 1902 translation and introduction, plus our introduction, "How to Read a Broken Line", the pronunciation guide, the glossary of 26 names, the map and the chronology — together with the audiobook and the A3 map & chronology poster. Everything is emailed to you after payment; nothing ships. If you later want the hardcover, it includes all of this.

No. The tablets don't describe visitors from another planet. “Anunnaki” is a title for a group of the great gods, traditionally explained as “offspring of Anu” — not a species and not a place of origin. “Nibir,” in the fifth tablet, is the station Marduk founds while setting the stars and calendar; “Nibiru,” one of his fifty names in the seventh tablet, is Babylonian astronomy's name for the planet Jupiter, Marduk's own star. Same name, two tablets, not a planet beyond Pluto.

The Akkadian text and King's 1902 translation are public domain, yes — you can find scans on archive.org. What you're paying for is what we add: a newly typeset, readable hardcover edition; a map and chronology; a glossary of 26 names that shift across the seven tablets; notes on what's changed since 1902; five of the six plates from the original edition; and a printed book you can hold, not a photocopy of century-old footnotes — $49.95, tax included.

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You have 365 days from delivery for a full refund. In the first 30 days you keep the book; after that, we ask for it back first. The Digital Edition can be refunded within 30 days of purchase. One refund per customer per product.

Neither. It's a primary historical document — a poem Babylonian scribes copied onto clay, in the form we have it, probably around 1200–1100 BC. You don't need any background: the introduction explains who's who, the notes explain the gaps, and the glossary catches anything that shifts.

Not yet. This is the first printing of this edition. We won't publish a review we didn't receive; verified purchase reviews open with the first deliveries.

No. The frame and title are printed in gold ink tones on a glossy casewrap, not foil. We'd rather say it than let you find out.

It's L. W. King's own 1902 translation, so it reads like Edwardian English, not a text message. You'll see “thou” and “thy” in the gods' speeches, and sentences built the way scholarly translations of the period were built. It's not modern slang, and it's not Old English either. If you can read the King James Bible, you can read this.

Yes. Checkout is run by Whop, who emails you a receipt at the time of purchase. We email you the digital extras once the order is confirmed, and a tracking number as soon as your copy ships, wherever it's going.

Yes. Order it and enter the recipient's address at checkout; the book ships straight to them. The digital extras and the tracking email come to your address.