43. Like fat, like fat, like abundant sweet oil,
44. [Nintu], mother of the land,
45. .......... had brought them forth.
In the first part of the above column the description of the city is continued. As a consequence of the union of the gods, water flowed to irrigate the land. Lines 34-42 tell in a quaint way how the waters continued to come for nine months and nine days.
Column III
1. Ninshar on the bank of the river cried (?):
2. “O Enki, for me are they filled! they are filled!”
3. His messenger, Usmu himself the word repeated.
4. The sons of men his favor did not understand,
5. Ninshar his favor did not understand.