"Let it be strong above and below,

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5 . . . the time I will send thee. Enter and close the door of the ship. In it thy grain, thy possessions, and thy property, Thy wife, thy family, thy relatives and the craftsmen, The cattle of the field, the beasts of the field, as many as devour grass,

10 I will send thee, and they will guard thy door." Atra-hasis opened his mouth, and spoke. He said to Ea [GOD the Merciful], his lord: How long! I have not built a ship. Upon the earth draw a plan!

15 The plan let me see, and I will build the ship. . . . upon the ground he drew. . . . which thou hast commanded.