As soon as dawn began to appear, (Five or six lines wanting) The weak (?) . . . . . . . . . . . The strong brought to (the building-place) what was necessary. On the fifth day I laid down her form. _Ina Kar-Hi-Sa_ one hundred and twenty cubits high were her walls, One hundred and twenty cubits likewise was the extent of her roof. Its outer frame I constructed, enclosed it.[2] I . . . . . . her six times. I divided . . . . . seven times. Its interior I divided nine times. Water plugs I beat into it on its inside. I provided a rudder (?) and what was needed I added. Six _sars_ of bitumen I spread on the outside (?). Three _sars_ of pitch (I spread) on the inside. Three _sars_ of basket-bearers brought oil. I left one _sar_ of oil which the offering consumed, Two _sars_ of oil the shipman stowed away. For the people I slaughtered oxen, I killed . . . . . every day. New w(ine, sesame) wine, oil and wine, Like the waters of the river (I gave the people to drink) And (held) a religious feast like unto the New-Year's Feast. I opened (?) . . . of anointing oil, my hand applied (it). (In the month) of Shamash, the great god, the ship was completed. Because . . . . . were difficult (Untranslatable) they brought above and below. . . . . . . two-thirds of it. All that I had I put on board of it. All that I had of silver I put on board of it. All that I had of gold I put on board of it. All that I had of seed of life of every kind I put on board of it. I caused to go up into the ship all my family and relatives. Cattle of the field, beasts of the field, all the craftsmen, I caused to go up.