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THE STORY OF THE FLOOD

49. . . . . I may see also the sliip . . . .

50. . . . . on the ground the ship . . . .

51. the ship making which thou commandest me . .

52. which in . . . .

Column II.

01. strong . . . .

02. on the fifth day . . . . it

03. in its circuit 14 measures . . . its frame.

04. 14 measures it measured . . . over it.

05. I placed its roof, it . . . . I enclosed it.

06. I rode in it on the sixth time; I examined its exterior on the seventh time;

07. its interior I examined on the eighth time.

08. Planks against the waters within it I placed.

09. I saw rents and the wanting parts I added.

10. 3 measures of bitumen I poured over the outside.

11. 3 measures of bitumen I poured over the inside.

12. 3 . . . men carrying its baskets, they constructed boxes

13. I placed in the boxes the offering they sacrificed.

14. Two measures of boxes I had distributed to the boatmen.

15. To . . . . were sacrificed oxen

16. . . . . . . . . dust and

17. . . . . . . . . wine in receptacle of goats

18. I collected like the waters of a river, also