Episode 07
The God Babylon Promoted
Before Marduk agrees to fight Tiamat, he demands permanent control over the gods and their destinies. Mariana and Tyson investigate whether *Enuma Elish* records a planetary collision, an ancient technological war, or Babylon's successful campaign to place its patron at the center of creation.
Coming Tuesday, November 24, 2026
Episode 07 is finished and scheduled. It runs about 28 min. Show notes, chapters and the full transcript go up with the audio.
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Ockelwog reconstruction. Built from a frontal museum photograph. The front is the best-supported face; the sides and back are inferred. Not a research scan.
The evidence
Enuma Elish Tablet
A school copy of the first tablet of the Babylonian creation epic, in which Marduk agrees to save the gods only if they make his authority permanent.
- Date
- Late Babylonian copy
- Place
- Babylon, Iraq
- Held
- British Museum, London
- Catalog
- BM 36726