’[O my lord,] none has ever made a ship [on this wise] that it should sail over the land.’ ...

Here the fragment is broken off.  The other version proceeds thus:—­

46.  ’I fashioned its side, and closed it in;

47.  I built six storeys (?), I divided it into seven parts;

48. its interior I divided into nine parts.

49.  I cut worked (?) timber within it.

50.  I looked upon the rudder and added what was lacking.

51.  I poured 6 sars of pitch over the outside;

52. [I poured] 3 sars of bitumen over the inside;

53. 3 sars of oil did the men carry who brought it ...

54.  I gave a sar of oil for the workmen to eat;

55. 2 sars of oil the sailors stored away.

56.  For the [workmen?] I slaughtered oxen;

57.  I killed [sheep?] daily.

58.  Beer, wine, oil and grapes

59. [I distributed among] the people like the waters of a river, and

60. [I kept] a festival like the festival of the new year.

61. ...  I dipped my hand [in] oil: 

62. [I said to] Samas (the Sun-god):  ’The storeys (?) of the ship are complete;

63. the ... is strong, and

64. the oars (?) I introduced above and below.’

65. [Those who should be saved?] went two-thirds of them.

66.  With all I had I filled it; with all the silver I possessed I filled it;

67. with all the gold I possessed I filled it;

68. with all that I possessed of the seed of life of all kinds I filled it.

69.  I brought into the ship all my slaves and my handmaids,

70. the cattle of the field, the beasts of the field, the sons of my people, all of them did I bring into it.

71.  The Sun-god appointed the time and

72. utters the oracle:  ’In the night will I cause the heavens to rain destruction;

73. enter the ship, and close thy door.’

74.  That time drew near whereof he uttered the oracle: 

75.  ‘On this night will I cause the heavens to rain destruction.’

76.  I watched with dread the dawning of the day;

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,