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

173. And he was filled with anger against the gods, the Igigi [saying]:[5]

174. "What kind of a being hath escaped with his life?

175. He shall not remain alive, a man among the destruction!"

[Speech of En-Urta.]

176. Then En-Urta opened his mouth and spake

177. And said unto the warrior Enlil (Bêl):

178. Who besides the god Ea can make a plan?

179. The god Ea knoweth everything.

180. He opened his mouth and spake

181. And said unto the warrior Enlil (Bêl),