The gods gathered like flies over the sacrificer.
Then the goddess Maḫ, when she came,
Raised the great signets that Anu had made at her wish:
‘These gods—by the lapis-stone of my neck—let me not forget,
These days let me remember, nor forget them forever!
Let the gods come to the sacrifice,
But let not Ellila come to the sacrifice,
For he did not take counsel, and made a flood,
And consigned my people to destruction.’
Then Ellila, when he came,