7 Tablets of Creation Recreation are resin cast. The largest tablet is about 5 by 3 inches. The smallest is about 3 by 2 inches. These tablets are recreations to look like the original tablets. They do not have the original cuneiform text except tablet 3. The 7 tablets of creation are known as Enuma Elish. They were discovered in Ashurbanipal's library in Nineveh 1849 by Austen Henry Layard. Enuma Elish contains numerous parallels with the Old Testament.