The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh / The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith

by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge

[The Loading of the Ship.]

81. With everything that I possessed I loaded it (i.e. the ship).

82. With everything that I possessed of silver I loaded it.

83. With everything that I possessed of gold I loaded it.

84. With all that I possessed of living grain I loaded it.

85. I made to go up into the ship all my family and kinsfolk, page 35

86. The cattle of the field, the beasts of the field, all handicraftsmen I made them go up into it.

87. The god Shamash had appointed me a time (saying)

88. The Power of Darkness will at eventide make a rain-flood to fall;

89. Then enter into the ship and shut thy door.

90. The appointed time drew nigh;

91. The Power of Darkness made a rain-flood to fall at eventide.

92. I watched the coming of the [approaching] storm,

93. "When I saw it terror possessed me,

94. I went into the ship and shut my door.

95. To the pilot of the ship, Puzur-Bêl (or Puzur-Amurri

) the sailor

96. I committed the great house (i.e. ship), together with the contents thereof.