11. The city Surippak the city which thou knowest on the Euphrates is placed, 12. that city is ancient and the gods are within it. 13. To make a deluge [_or_ whirlwind] the great gods have brought their heart; 14. even he their father, Anu, 15. their king, the warrior Bel, 16. their throne-bearer, Ninip, 17. their minister, the lord of Hades, Nin-si-kha (wife of) Hea with them sat, and 18. their will he (_i.e._ Hea) repeated: to his minister the minister of the city of Kis, he declared what he had (in mind);[28] 19. his minister heard and proclaimed attentively: 20. Man of Surippak, son of Ubara-tutu, 21. build a house, make a ship to preserve the sleep of plants (and) living beings; 22. store the seed and vivify life, 23. cause also the seed of life of every kind to go up into the midst of the ship. 24. The ship which thou shalt make, 25. 600 cubits (shall be) its measure in length, 26. 60 cubits the amount of its breadth and its height. 27. ... and on the deep cover it, even it, with a roof. 28. I understood and say to Hea my lord: 29. The building of the ship which thou commandest thus, 30. .... I shall have made, 31. .... the sons of the host and the old men. 32. (Hea opened his mouth and) speaks and says to me his servant: 33. ...... thou shalt say unto them, 34. ...... he has rejected me and 35. ...... it is upon me 36. .... like caves .... 37. ... may I judge above and below .... 38. ... close the ship ... 39. ... at the season which I will make known to you, 40. into it enter and the door of the ship turn. 41. Into the midst of it thy grain, thy furniture, thy goods, 42. thy wealth, thy woman slaves, thy handmaids, and the sons of the host, 43. (the beasts) of the field, the wild animals of the field, as many as I would protect, 44. I will send to thee, and thy door shall guard (them). —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 45. Adrakhasis[29] his mouth opened and speaks, and 46. says to Hea his lord: 47. No one a ship has made ... 48. in the lower part of the ship has shut up .... 49. .... and may I see the ship .... 50. .... in the lower part of the ship .... 51. the building of the ship which thou commandest me (thus), 52. which in .... COLUMN II. 1. strong .... 2. on the fifth day .... it rose. 3. In its circuit 14 in all (were) its girders. 4. 14 in all it contained ... above it 5. I placed its roof; it .... I enclosed it. 6. I rode in it the sixth time; I divided its passages the seventh time; 7. its interior I divided the eighth time. 8. Leaks for the waters within it I cut off. 9. I saw the rents and the wanting parts I added. 10. 3[30] _sari_ of bitumen I poured over the outside. 11. 3[30] _sari_ of bitumen I poured over the inside. 12. 3 _sari_ of men carrying baskets, who carried on their heads food. 13. I added a _saros_ of food which the people should eat; 14. two _sari_ of food the boatmen shared. 15. To .... I sacrificed oxen