OF THE CREATION OF MAN. 277 



17. en ^nin-tu en kal-kal nu-in-tii-ud 



18. ^ug^ mas tum-ma mas dii-da c 



19. nam-lu un-su erim-nun-a ga-e-ne 



20. gar-kii-sa-hi mu-un-zu-us-am 



21. tug-gi-ius-tus-bi nu-mu-un-cu-us-am 



22. uku gis gi-a-na-dur-bi mu-e 



23. tus-gim-ka ba-ni-in-ib usbar 



24. a-sar-sar-ra . . . im-gii-gu-ne 



25. ud-ba-ki dar- . . . r]a-e-n[e . . . 



26. gis-bi dul . . . bi-kur-gar . . . 



27. gub? . . . dul? . . . bi . . . 

 28 nu 



Reverse. 



I. Father Enlil(?) 



2 standing grain (?) 



3 for mankind 



4 creation of Entu 



5. Father Enlil 



6. Duazagga, the way of the gods 



7. Duazagga, the brilliant, for my god I guard (?) .... 



8. Entu and Enlil to Duazagga 



9. A dwelling for Ashnan from out of Duazagga I will [make(?) for thee]. 



10. Two thirds of the fold perished(?) ; 



11. His plants for food he created for them; 



12. Ashnan rained on the field for them ; 



13. The moist(?) wind and the fiery storm-cloud he created for them. 



14. Two thirds of the fold stood ; 



15. For the shepherd of the fold joy was disturbed. 



16. The house of rushes did not stand ; 



17. From Duazagga joy departed. 



18. From his dwelling, a lofty height, his boat 



19. Descended; from heaven he came 



20. To the dwelling of Ashnan ; the scepter he brought forth to them ; 



21. His brilliant city he raised up, he appointed for them; 



22. The reed-country he planted ; he appointed for them ; 

 22- The falling rain the hollows caught for them ; 



24. A dwelling-place was their land ; food made men multiply ; 



25. Prosperity entered the land; it caused them to become a multitude. 



26. He brought to the hand of man the scepter of command. 



27. The lord caused them to be and they came into existence. 



28. Companions calling them, with a man his wife he made them dwell. 



29. At night^* as fitting companions they are together. 



30. (Sixty lines). 



I. a-a ^en-lil 



2 na-si-a 



" In Semitic, Shamash, the sun-god. 



