"TheEnûma eliš had the same function during the New Year celebration that every hymn to the god had during ceremonies in the temple. The poem is also a grandiose hymn, in which abundant biographical passages of the god are included. They remind the god of his great deeds and invite him to do something great again in favor of the one who recites the hymn. The god who saved his fellow gods from evil beings will certainly want to save his faithful now!"