25. [Ea opened his mouth and] says, he speaks to his servant, even to me:
26. ['If they question thee] thou shalt say unto them:
27. Since (?) Bel is estranged from me and
28. I will not dwell in your city, I will not lay my head [in] the land of Bel;
29. but I will descend into the deep; with [Ea] my lord will I dwell.
30. (Bel) will rain fertility on you,
31. [flocks] of birds, shoals of fish.'
Lines 32 to 42 are lost.
43. On the fifth day I laid the plan of it (i.e. the ship);
44. in its hull (?) its walls were 10 gar (120 cubits?) high;