APPENDIX A 



P. 3. The following extracts from the Babylonian version of 

 the " Deluge," given by the Rev. Professor Sayce in his Fresh 

 Light from the Ancient Monuments (p. 28, 1892), will show the 

 points of difference with the Hebrew version. 1 The translation 

 is that of Professor Haupt. 



" Sisuthros " (or Khasiadra the Chaldean Noah) " speaks to 

 him, even to Gisdhubar : Let me reveal unto thee, Gisdhubar, 

 the story of my preservation, and the oracle of the gods let me 

 tell to thee. The city of Surippak, the city which, as thou 

 knowest, is built on the Euphrates, this city was already ancient 

 when the gods within it set their hearts to bring on a deluge, 



even the great gods as many as there are Ea, the lord 



of wisdom, sat along with them, and repeated their decree : * For 



their boat ! O man of Surippak, son of Ubara-Tutu ; 



dig up the house, build the ship, save what thou canst of the germ 

 of life. (The gods) will destroy the seed of life, but do thou live, 

 and bid the seed of life of every kind mount into the midst of the 



ship. The ship which thou shalt build (But as for 



thee) shut (not) the door (until) the time conies of which I will 

 send thee word. (Then) enter the door of the ship, and bring 

 into the midst of it thy corn, thy property, and thy goods, thy 

 family, thy household, thy concubines, and the sons of the people. 

 The cattle of the field, the wild beasts of the field, as many as T 

 would preserve, I will send unto thee.' 



1 In a later work (TJw Higher Criticism, 1894) Prof. Sayce gives a some- 

 what fuller account of the Babylonian version, but it does not alter the 

 essential points named here. 



