77. I feared to behold the day. 78. I entered into the ship and closed my door. 79. When I had closed the ship, to Buzur-sadi-rabi the sailor 80. I entrusted the palace with all its goods. 81. Mu-seri-ina-namari (the waters of the morning at dawn) 82. arose from the horizon of heaven, a black cloud; 83. the storm-god Rimmon thundered in its midst, and 84. Nebo and Merodach the king marched in front; 85. the throne-bearers marched over mountain and plain; 86. the mighty god of death lets loose the whirlwind; 87. Bir marches causing the storm (?) to descend; 88. the spirits of the underworld lifted up (their) torches, 89. with the lightning of them they set on fire the world; 90. the violence of the storm-god reached to heaven; 91. all that was light was turned to [darkness]. 92. In the earth like ... [men] perished (?) _Two lines are lost here_. 95. Brother beheld not his brother, men knew not one another. In the heaven 96. the gods feared the deluge, and 97. hastened to ascend to the heaven of Anu. 98. The gods cowered like a dog who lies in a kennel. 99. Istar cried like a woman in travail, 100. the great goddess spoke with a loud voice: 101. 'The former generation is turned to clay. 102. The evil which I prophesied in the presence of the gods, 103. when I prophesied evil in the presence of the gods, 104. I prophesied the storm for the destruction of my people. 105. What I have home, where is it? 106. Like the spawn of the fish it fills the deep.' 107. The gods wept with her because of the spirits of the underworld; 108. the gods sat dejected in weeping, 109. their lips were covered ... 110. Six days and nights 111. rages the wind; the flood and the storm devastate. 112. The seventh day when it arrived the flood ceased, the storm 113. which had fought like an army 114. rested, the sea subsided, and the tempest of the deluge was ended. 115. I beheld the deep and uttered a cry, 116. for the whole of mankind was turned to clay; 117. like the trunks of trees did the bodies float. 118. I opened the window and the light fell upon my face; 119. I stooped, and sat down weeping; 120. over my face ran my tears. 121. I beheld a shore beyond the sea; 122. twelve times distant rose a land. 123. On the mountain of Nizir the ship grounded; 124. the mountain of the country of Nizir held the ship and allowed it not to float. 125. One day and a second day did the mountain of Nizir hold it. 126. A third day and a fourth day did the mountain of Nizir hold it. 127. A fifth day and a sixth day did the mountain of Nizir hold it. 128. When the seventh day came I sent forth a dove and let it go. 129. The dove went and returned; a resting-place it found not and it turned back. 130. I sent forth a swallow and let it go; the swallow went and returned; 131. a resting-place it found not and it turned back. 132. I sent forth a raven and let it go; 133. the raven went and saw the going down of the waters, and