Pir-napištim said also to him, to Gilgameš: ‘Let me tell thee, Gilgameš, the account of my preservation, And let me tell thee, even thee, the decision of the gods. Šurippak, the city which thou knowest, Lies (upon the bank) of the Euphrates. That city was old, and the gods within it. The great gods decided in their hearts to make a flood. There (?) was (?) their father Anu, Their counsellor, the warrior Ellila, Their throne-bearer, Ninip, Their leader, En-nu-gi. Nin-igi-azaga, the god Ae, communed with them, and Repeated their command to the earth: “Earth, earth! Town, town! O earth, hear: and town, understand! Surippakite, son of Umbara-Tutu, Destroy the house, build a ship, Leave what thou hast (?), see to thy life. Destroy the hostile and save life, Take up the seed of life, all of it, into the midst of the ship. The ship which thou shalt make, even thou, Let its size be measured, Let it agree (as to) its height and its length; (Behold) the deep, launch her (thither).” I understood and said to Ae, my lord: “[Behol]d, my lord, what thou, even thou, hast said, verily (?) It is excellent (?), (and) I will do (it). (How?) may I answer the city—the young men and the elders?” Ae opened his mouth and spake, He said to his servant, to me: “Thus, then, shalt thou say unto them; ‘It has been told me (that) Ellila hates me, I will not dwell in ... and In the territory of Ellila I will not set my face— I will descend to the deep, with (Ae) my lord I shall (constantly) dwell. (As for) you, he will cause abundance to rain down upon you, and (Beasts and?) birds (shall be) the prey (?) of the fishes, and ... he will enclose, (?), and ... of a storm (?), (In the night) the heavens will rain down upon (y)ou destruction.” ’ ”