...................................................... ................. I will ............................... ............. I will turn my eye upon him ............. The ......... creator of the land ............................... ................ of royalty ...................... ................ of royalty by him was determined; The exalted palace of the royal throne was by him set apart, The exalted precepts .......... he made perfect, In clean places .......... cities .......... he founded, Their names were named, they were allotted to guardian-spirits (?) Of these cities Eridu--the chief command to Nudimmud he gave, Unto the second the _nisag_-priests of Umma (?) he gave, Thirdly, Larak to Pabilkharsag he gave, Fourthly, Sippar as the dwelling of Shamash he gave, Fifthly, Shurippak unto _Lamkurru_ he gave. Their names were assigned; to guardian-spirits (?) they were allotted; Its rampart (?), a wall (?) he raised up, he established; Small rivers, canals (?), and water-courses (?) he established. The last part of this column relates how five cities were established by some deity. Of what the first part treated we cannot make out from the few fragments of lines that are still legible. _Column III_ .......................................... .......................................... The land the sway of Anu .................. The people .................... A deluge ........................ ......................................... Their land (?) it entered .................... Then Nintu [cried out] like [a woman in travail] .......... The brilliant Ishtar [uttered] a groan on account of her people. Enki with himself held communion in his wisdom; Anu, Enlil, Enki, and Ninkharsag, The gods of heaven and earth, invoked the names of Anu and Enlil, At that time Ziugiddu was king, the priest of .......... The chief deity he made of wood .......... In humility prostrating himself, in reverence .......... Daily at all times was he present in person .......... Increasing dreams which had not come [before], Conjuring by the name of heaven and earth .......... In this column the narrative has passed to the story of the deluge. The gods have determined to send a deluge; Ziugiddu in consequence constructed an idol from wood (compare Isa. 40:20), and earnestly worshiped it, seeking oracles for his guidance. _Column IV_ For the settlement (?) the gods a wall (?) .......... Ziugiddu stood by its side, he heard .......... “At the wall at my left side stand .......... At the wall I will speak a word to thee O my brilliant one, let there enter thy ear .......... By our hand a deluge .......... will be sent. The seed of mankind to destroy .......... Is the momentous decision of the assembly (of the gods); The words of Anu and Enlil .......... Their kingdom, their rule .......... To them ....................”