40. The rebellious one to Enlil said:
41. “I, Ninkharsag, brought forth for thee people; what is my reward?”
42. Enlil, the begetter, answered the rebellious one:
43. “Thou, Ninkharsag, hast brought forth people,”
44. “‘In my city let two creatures be made,’ shall thy name be called.”
45. As a dignitary his head alone he exalted,
46. His heart (?) alone he made impetuous,
47. His eye alone he filled with fire (?).
Langdon takes the portion of the narrative which we find in this column to be an account of the fall of man, since line 36, as he rendered it, speaks of Tagtug’s plucking and eating, and the next line speaks of the uttering of a curse. This view the writer does not share. If the above translation is correct, there is no allusion to anything of the kind.
Column VI (perhaps five lines are broken away)