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12 Under the succession rules, Enlil’s son Ninurta was in line for the rank of fifty on Earth, while Marduk held a nominal rank of ten; and initially, these two successors-in-waiting were not yet part of the twelve “Olympians.” And so the long, bitter, and relentness struggle by Marduk that began with the Enlil—-Enki feud focused later on Mar- duk’s contention with Enlil’s son Ninurta for the succession to the Rank of Fifty, and then extended to Enlil’s grand- daughter Inanna/Ishtar, whose marriage to Dumuzi, Enki’s youngest son, was so opposed by Marduk that it ended with Dumuzi’s death. In time Marduk/Ra faced conflicts even 5 NINURTA (Wingireu) | Sarpanit Nergal (irrigat) AN (Anu) Enlil's Legal Successor Enki's son, the Usurper ‘The Rank Number of Successi THE END OF DAYS The Rank Number of Succession FIGURE 5