15. ...................................... 16. ................ in the garden .................... 17. ........................................ 18. [Eba]raguldu let him found, 19. Erabgaran let him found, 20. At the temple let my fettered oxen stand, 21. For Enki let my fettered oxen be sacrificed, 22. Let two strong men pour out water, 23. Abundant water let them pour out, 24. Reservoir-water let them pour out, 25. The barren land let them irrigate, 26. As gardeners for the little plants let them go forth, 27. On the bank, along the bank let them (_i. e._, the plants) extend. 28. Who art thou? The garden .................... 29. For Enki the gardener ............................ (Five lines are here broken away.) 35. Ebaraguldu he founded, 36. Erabgaran he founded, on its foundation he set it. 37. Enki turned his eyes unto him; his scepter he lifted up; 38. Enki to Tagtug directed the way. 39. At the temple he cried: “Open the door, open the door;” 40. “Who is it that thou art?” 41. “I am a gardener, with gladness .......... 42. With .......... the price (?) of milk will I present thee.” 43. Tagtug with joyful heart at the temple opened the door, 44. Enki spoke to Tagtug and his wife, 45. With joy his possessions he gave to him; 46. That Ebaraguldu he gave him; 47. That Erabgaran he gave him. 48. Tagtug and his wife bowed down; with the left hand they covered the mouth; with the right they did obeisance. From the parts of Column IV, which are still legible, it appears that the messenger was revealing to Tagtug the secrets of agriculture. This corresponds to the statement in Gen. 9:20, that “Noah began to be a husbandman.” At the beginning of Column V some seven lines have crumbled away, and the beginnings of eight more have also become illegible. _Column V_ ........................................... ........................................... 8. [The .......... plant] was green, 9. [The .......... plant] was green, 10. [The .......... plant] was green, 11. [The .......... plant] was green, 12. [The .......... plant] was green, 13. [The .......... plant] was green, 14. [The .......... plant] was green. 15. “O Enki, for me they are counted,” 16. His messenger, Usmu himself, the word repeated; 17. “Plants I have called forth, their abundance ordained, 18. The water shall make them bright, the water shall make them bright;” 19. His messenger, Usmu himself, answered: 20. “My king, as to the woody plants,” he said, 21. “He shall prune, he shall [eat].” 22. “As to the tall plants,” he said, 23. “He shall pluck, he shall eat.” 24. “My king, as to the .......... plants,” he said, 25. “He shall prune, he shall eat.” 26. “As to the plants of the watered garden (?),” he said,