Chapter VI

. Ziugiddu is commanded to stand by a wall, where some deity will speak to him. This appears in the other version in the form:

“O reed-hut, reed-hut, O wall, wall,[404] O reed-hut, hearken; O wall, give heed! O man of Shurippak, son of Ubartutu, Pull down thy house, build a ship,” etc.

In that account, too, the assembly of the gods is also referred to in line 120, ff. These are examples of the way the same theme, differently treated, turns up in different forms.

_Column V_

The evil winds, the wind that is hostile, came; all of them descended, The deluge .......... came on with them Seven days and seven nights The deluge swept over the land, The evil wind made the huge boat tremble. Shamash[405] came forth, on heaven and earth he shone; Ziugiddu the ship at the top uncovered, The peace of Shamash, his light, entered into the boat. Ziugiddu, the king Before Shamash bowed his face to the earth. The king--an ox he sacrificed, a sheep offered as oblation. .........................................

In this column we have a fragment which relates some details similar to those told in lines 128, 129, and 136-138 of the account given in