| 1 | A man... |
| 2 | A man... |
| 3 | The son to his father... |
| 4 | They sat and... |
| 5 | He was carrying... |
| 6 | He saw... |
| 7 | Ellil... |
| 8 | They took hold of... |
| 9 | Made new picks and spades, |
| 10 | Made big canals, |
| 11 | To feed people and sustain the gods. |
| 12 | 600 years, less than 600, passed, |
| 13 | And the country was as noisy as a bellowing bull. |
| 14 | The god grew restless at their racket, |
| 15 | Ellil had to listen to their noise. |
| 16 | He addressed the great gods, |
| 17 | The noise of mankind has become too much, |
| 18 | I am losing sleep over their racket. |
| 19 | Give the order that suruppu-disease shall break out, |
| 20 | Now there was one Atrahasis |
| 21 | Whose ear was open to his god Enki. |
| 22 | He would speak with his god |
| 23 | And his god would speak with him. |
| 24 | Atrahasis made his voice heard |
| 25 | And spoke to his lord, |
| 26 | How long will the gods make us suffer? |
| 27 | Will they make us suffer illness forever? |
| 28 | Enki made his voice heard |
| 29 | And spoke to his servant: |
| 30 | Call the elders, the senior men! |
| 31 | Start an uprising in your own house, |
| 32 | Let the heralds proclaim... |
| 33 | Let them make a loud noise in the land: |
| 34 | Do not revere your gods, |
| 35 | Do not pray to your goddesses, |
| 36 | But search out the door of Namtara. |
| 37 | Bring as baked loaf into his presence. |
| 38 | May the flour offerings reach him. |
| 39 | May he be shamed by the presents |
| 40 | And wipe away his hand. |
| 41 | Atrahasis took the order, |
| 42 | Gathered the elders to his door. |
| 43 | Atrahasis made his voice heard |
| 44 | And spoke to the elders: |
| 45 | I have called the elders, the senior men! |
| 46 | Start an uprising in your own house, |
| 47 | Let the heralds proclaim... |
| 48 | Let them make a loud noise in the land: |
| 49 | Do not revere your gods, |
| 50 | Do not pray to your goddesses, |
| 51 | But search out the door of Namtara. |
| 52 | Bring as baked loaf into his presence. |
| 53 | May the flour offerings reach him. |
| 54 | May he be shamed by the presents |
| 55 | And wipe away his hand. |
| 56 | The elders listened to his speech; |
| 57 | They built a temple for Namtara in the city. |
| 58 | Heralds proclaimed... |
| 59 | They made a loud noise in the land. |
| 60 | They did not revere their god, |
| 61 | they did not pray to their goddess, |
| 62 | But searched out the door of Namtara, |
| 63 | Brought a baked loaf into his presence |
| 64 | The flour offerings reached him. |
| 65 | And he was shamed by the presents. |
| 66 | And wiped away his hand. |
| 67 | The suruppu-disease left them. |
| 68 | The gods went back to their regular offerings. |
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