Now Ardi-Ea, which is the way to [Parnapishtim?].
If it is possible, let me cross the ocean,
And if not possible, let me lie outstretched on the ground.
Ardi-Ea consents, and tells Gilgamesh to take his ax, to go into the woods, and to cut down a large pole that may serve as a rudder.
Gilgamesh, upon hearing this,
Takes an ax in his hand, ...
Goes to the wood and makes a rudder five gar[931] long.
Gilgamesh and Ardi-Ea mount the ship.
The ship tosses from side to side.
After a course of one month and fifteen days, on the third day[932]