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

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.

[The Abubu (Cyclone) and its effects Described.]

97. As soon as the gleam of dawn shone in the sky

98. A black cloud from the foundation of heaven came up.

99. Inside it the god Adad (Rammânu) thundered,

100. The gods Nabû and Sharru (i.e. Marduk) went before,