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

[Uta-Napishtim Leaves the Ship.]

156. Then I brought out everything to the four winds and offered up a sacrifice;

157. I poured out a libation on the peak of the mountain.

158. Seven by seven I set out the vessels,

159. Under them I piled reeds, cedarwood and myrtle (?).

160. The gods smelt the savour,

161. The gods smelt the sweet savour.

162. The gods gathered together like flies over him that sacrificed.

[Speech of Ishtar, Lady of the Gods.]

163. Now when the Lady of the Gods came nigh,