The Chaldean Account of the Deluge
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the reason why he was translated. The following is the translation of this tablet:—
| 1. | Izdubar after this manner said to Sisit afar off,
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| 2. | ". . . . . . Sisit
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| 3. | The account do thou tell to me,
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| 4. | The account do thou tell to me,
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| 5. | . . . . . to the midst to make war
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| 6. | . . . . . I come up after thee.
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| 7. | say how thou hast done it, and in the circle of the gods life thou hast gained."
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| 8. | Sisit after this manner said to Izdubar,
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| 9. | "I will reveal to thee, Izdubar, the concealed story,
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| 10. | and the wisdom of the gods I will relate to thee.
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| 11. | The city Surippak the city which thou hast established . . . . . . . . . placed
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| 12. | was ancient, and the gods within it
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| 13. | dwelt, a tempest . . . . . their god, the great gods
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| 14. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anu
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| 15. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bel
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| 16. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ninip
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| 17. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lord of Hades
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| 18. | their will revealed in the midst of . . . . .
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| 19. | . . . . . . hearing and he spoke to me thus
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| 20. | Surippakite son of Ubaratutu
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| 21. | make a great ship for thee . . . . . . .
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| 22. | I will destroy the sinners and life . . . . .
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| 23. | cause to go in the seed of life all of it, to preserve them
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| 24. | the ship which thou shalt make
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| 25. | . . . cubits shall be the measure of its length, and
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| 26. | . . . cubits the amount of its breadth and its height.
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| 27. | Into the deep launch it."
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| 28. | I perceived and said to Hea my lord,
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| 29. | "Hea my lord this that thou commandest me
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| 30. | I will perform, it shall be done.
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| 31. | . . . . . . . . army and host
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| 32. | Hea opened his mouth and spake, and said to me his servant,
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| 33. | . . . . . . . . thou shalt say unto them,
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