epic to which this mythological strand is attributed—was written as political and religious propaganda rather than reflecting a Sumerian tradition; the dating of the epic is not completely clear, but judging from the mythological topics covered and the cuneiform versions discovered thus far, it is likely to date to the 15th century BCE.

Interpretations
The Tiamat myth is one of the earliest recorded versions of the Chaoskampf, the battle between a culture hero and a chthonic or aquatic monster, serpent or dragon. Chaoskampf motifs in other mythologies linked directly or indirectly to the Tiamat myth include
the Hittite Illuyanka myth, and in Greek tradition Apollo's killing of the Python as a necessary action to take over the Delphic Oracle.

According to some analyses there are two parts to the Tiamat myth, theexpansion of our clinical trial allows Relievant to increase the number of clinicians contributing to this landmark study as well as to have the opportunity to accelerate patient enrollment in the SMART trial with the Intracept Ablation Therapy for chronic low back pain," said Alex DiNello, CEO and President of Relievant.

"The SMART Trial is a key driver in our efforts to establish basivertebral nerve ablation as a treatment for isolated axial low back pain and to successfully commercialize Intracept worldwide."

Relievant Medsystems today also announced two key executive appointments to its senior leadership team.

Av Edidin, Ph.D., has been named Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President, Research & Development at Relievant. Dr. Edidin was most recently at Medtronic, where he was the Vice President of Science and Technology for the