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The earlier of the two fragments is dated in the eleventh year of Ammizaduga, the tenth king of Hammurabi's dynasty, i.e. in 1967 B.C.; it was published by Scheil, Recueil de travaux, Vol. XX, pp. 55 ff.
This section of the Semitic narrative closes with the picture of the gods weeping with her, sitting bowed down with their lips pressed together. Gilg. Epic, XI, ll. 90 ff. In the Atrakhasis version, dated in the reign of Ammizaduga, Col. I, l. 5, contains a reference to the "cry" of men when Adad the Storm-god, slays them with his flood.
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