29. but I will descend into the deep; with [Ea] my lord will I dwell. 30. (Bel) will rain fertility on you, 31. [flocks] of birds, shoals of fish.' _Lines 32 to 42 are lost_. 43. On the fifth day I laid the plan of it (i.e. the ship); 44. in its hull (?) its walls were 10 _gar_ (120 cubits?) high; 45. 10 _gar_ were the size of its upper part.' Another version of the account of the Deluge, of which a fragment has been preserved, puts a wholly different speech into the mouth of Ea, and gives the hero of the story the name of Adra-Khasis. This fragment is as follows:-- 'I will judge him above and below, [But] shut [not thou thy door] [until] the time that I shall tell thee of. [Then] enter the ship, and close the door of the vessel. [Bring into] it thy corn, thy goods, [thy] property, thy [wife], thy slaves, thy handmaids, and the sons of [thy] people, the [cattle] of the field, the beasts of the field, as many as I appoint ... I will tell thee of (the time), and the door [of thy ship] shall preserve them.' Adra-Khasis opened his mouth and says, he speaks to Ea [his] lord: '[O my lord,] none has ever made a ship [on this wise] that it should sail over the land.' ... Here the fragment is broken off. The other version proceeds thus:-- 46. 'I fashioned its side, and closed it in; 47. I built six storeys (?), I divided it into seven parts; 48. its interior I divided into nine parts. 49. I cut worked (?) timber within it. 50. I looked upon the rudder and added what was lacking. 51. I poured 6 _sars_ of pitch over the outside; 52. [I poured] 3 _sars_ of bitumen over the inside; 53. 3 _sars_ of oil did the men carry who brought it ... 54. I gave a _sar_ of oil for the workmen to eat; 55. 2 _sars_ of oil the sailors stored away. 56. For the [workmen?] I slaughtered oxen; 57. I killed [sheep?] daily. 58. Beer, wine, oil and grapes 59. [I distributed among] the people like the waters of a river, and 60. [I kept] a festival like the festival of the new year. 61. ... I dipped my hand [in] oil: 62. [I said to] Samas (the Sun-god): 'The storeys (?) of the ship are complete; 63. the ... is strong, and 64. the oars (?) I introduced above and below.' 65. [Those who should be saved?] went two-thirds of them. 66. With all I had I filled it; with all the silver I possessed I filled it; 67. with all the gold I possessed I filled it; 68. with all that I possessed of the seed of life of all kinds I filled it. 69. I brought into the ship all my slaves and my handmaids, 70. the cattle of the field, the beasts of the field, the sons of my people, all of them did I bring into it. 71. The Sun-god appointed the time and 72. utters the oracle: 'In the night will I cause the heavens to rain destruction; 73. enter the ship, and close thy door.' 74. That time drew near whereof he uttered the oracle: 75. 'On this night will I cause the heavens to rain destruction.' 76. I watched with dread the dawning of the day;