Enmeduranki

The below excerpt is one of the oldest texts related to Enoch. Enmeduranki was given the golden tablets or "book of life" and knew the mysteries of the gods.

Enmeduranki

(Lambert, W. G. "Enmeduranki and Related Matters," Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 21 (1967):126-38, esp. 130, 132)

1. ...] his (Marduk’s) might over the universe for ever,
2. ...] .. it is good to spread abroad his . [..] that is may be praised.
3. ...] it is in his power [to throw down] and to build again, the peoples bow down and are shown how to watch for his sign.
4. [Of] the king of [Babylon], who supervises all cult-centers and confirms the regular offerings,
5. He (Marduk) has magnified [his ...], extolled his power and made him supreme,
6. He has magnified [his ...] and exalted his destined greatness.
7. [....], king of Babylon, who supervises all cult-enters and confirms the regular offerings, am I,
8. Distant scion of kingship, seed preserved from before the flood,
9. Offspring of [Enmeduranki], king of Sippar, who set up the pure bowl and held the cedar wood (rod),
10. Who sat in the presence of Šamaš and Adad, the divine adjudicators,
11. Foremost son, [....], king of justice, reliable shepherd, who keeps the land’s foundations secure,
12. ... of Adad and Gula, the great gods, progeny from of old,
13. First attendant of Suzianna, twin sister of Ansar,
14. Called by Anu and Dagan, chosen by the great gods:
15. At that time, in the reign of a previous king, conditions changed.
16. Good departed and evil was regular.
17. The lord became angry and got furious,
18. He gave the command and the gods of the land abandoned it [...] its peoples were incited to commit crime.
19. The guardians of peace became furious and went up to the dome of heaven, the spirit of justice stood aside.
20. ..., who guards living beings, prostrated the peoples, they all became like those who have no god,
21. Evil demons filled the land, the namtar-demon . [...] ..., they penetrated the cult-centers.
22. The land diminished, its fortunes changed.
23. The wicked Elamite, who did not hold (the land’s) treasures in esteem, [...] his battle, his attack was swift,
24. He devastated the habitations and made them into a ruin, he carried off the gods, he ruined the shrines.
25. Marduk, king of the gods, who decrees destinies, [...] the lands, observed everything.
26. When the lord is angry, the Igigi in heaven cannot suffer his fury,
27. His terror is fearful, at his glance none can stand.
28. The earth did not support his foot-step nor ..... [..], at his roaring the seas trembled,
29. The rocks did not sustain the placing of his foot, the gods of the universe bowed down to him.
30. Things of every kind that exist .. [...] in his hand, [when] he has become angry who can appease him?
31. ...]/ who learnt [....]. him and sees his skill
32. ...]. himself [...] the Enlil of the gods, the wise,
33. ...] the Igigi [...] the prince, the counsellor,
34. ...] who, in .[....] adorned with splendor, seated in fearfulness,
35. ...] his lordship excels.
Pg 132
3. Šamaš in Ebabbarra [appointed]
1. Enmeduranki [king of Sippar],
2. The beloved of Anu, Enlil [and Ea].
4. Šamaš and Adad [brought him in] to their assembly,
5. Šamaš and Adad [honored him],
6. Šamaš and Adad [set him] on a large throne of gold,
7. They showed him how to observe oil on water, a mystery of Anu, [Enlil and Ea],
8. They gave him the tablet of the gods, the liver, a secret of heaven and [underworld],
9. They put in his hand the cedar-(rod), beloved of the great gods.
10. Then he, in accordance with their [word(?)] brought
11. The men of Nippur, Sippar and Babylon into his presence,
12. And he honored them. He set them on thrones before [him],
13. He showed them how to observe oil of water, a mystery of Anu, Enlil and Ea,
14. He gave them the tablet of the gods, the liver, a secret of heaven and underworld,
15. He put in their hands the cedar-(rod), beloved of the great gods.
16. {The tablet of the gods, the liver, a mystery of heaven and underworld;
17. How to observe oil on water, a secret of Anu, Enlil and Ea;
18. ‘That with commentary’; When Anu, Enlil; and how to make mathematical calculations.}
19. The learned savant, who guards the secrets of the great gods
20-21. Will bind his son whom he loves with an oath before Šamaš and Adad by tablet and stylus and
22. Will instruct him. When a diviner,
23. An expert in oil, of abiding descent, offspring of Enmeduranki, king of Sippar,
24. Who set up the pure bowl and held the cedar-(rod),
25. A benediction priest of the king, a long-haired priest of Šamaš,
26. As fashioned by Ninhursagga,
27. Begotten by a nisakku-priest of pure descent:
28. If he is without blemish in body and limbs
29. He may approach the presence of Šamaš and Adad where liver inspection and oracle (take place).
Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1103)
Distant scion of kingship, seed preserved from before the flood,
offspring of Enmeduranki, king of Sippar, who set up the pure blow and the cedar-wood (rod), who sat in the presence of Šamaš and Adad, the divine adjudicators, ...