146 THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES^ LL.D._, M.K.A.S., ON THE 



8 — . . si-i lu ma-gurgurrum ba-bil-lu na-at-rat na-pis-tim 



9 — . . . -ri (?) zu-lu-la dan-na zu-ul-lil 



10 — . . . . te-ip-pu-su 



11 — [ka-a]l (?) u-ma-am si-rim is-sur sa-me-e 



12 — ku-um mi-ni 



13— - ka (?) u kin-ta-ka (?) . . 



U— u(?) 



Translation of Professor Hilprecht's New Fragment. 



1 — of my descent (?).... thee, 



2 — I will loosen, 



3 — all men together it shall sweep away. 



4 — before the deluge cometh forth ; 



5 — as many as there are, I will bring overthrow, 



destruction, annihilation. 



6 — . . . build a great boat, and 



7 — . ... all divisions shall be its structure. 



8 — . . . that ... let it be a houseboat carrying what has been 



saved of life. 



9 — cover with a strong deck. 



10 — thou shalt make, 



11 — beast of the field, bird of the heavens, 



1 2 — like (or instead of) the number (?) 



13 — and thy family .... 



14 — and 



Free rendering with attempts to fill in the gaps, partly in 

 accordance with Professor Hilprecht's indications : — 



[Note. — These completions make no pretension whatever to 

 do anything more than give a connected sense pending the 

 discovery of a more complete copy of the inscription.] 



[On the day] of my descent(?), [which I have announced to] 

 thee, I will loosen [the confines of heaven and earth; I will 

 make a flood, and] it shall sweep away all men together ; [but 

 seek thou lif]e before the deluge cometh forth ; [for over all 

 living things], as many as there are, I will bring overthrow, 

 destruction, annihilation. . . . Build a great ship, and let 

 its structure be [as one which is] all divisions. [As for] that 

 [ship], let it be a house-boat carrying what has been saved of 

 life . . . cover (it) with a strong deck. [The ship which] 

 thou shalt make, [enter into it and bring therein everjy beast 

 of the field (and) bird of the heavens — [all of them] instead of 

 the number [which I have fixed,] and [thou shalt bring therein] 

 thy family . . . and(?) , . . 



