[First Speech of Ea to Uta-Napishtim who is sleeping in a reed hut.]
Reading edition
21. O House of reeds, O House of reeds! O Wall, O Wall! page 33
22. O House of reeds, hear! O Wall, understand!
23. O man of Shurippak, son of Ubara-Tutu ().
24. Throw down the house, build a ship,
25. Forsake wealth, seek after life,
26. Abandon possessions, save thy life,
27. Carry grain of every kind into the ship.
28. The ship which thou shalt build,
29. The dimensions thereof shall be measured,
30. The breadth and the length thereof shall be the same.
31. ... the ocean, provide it with a roof."