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As the one who has a care for the arts, he is the wise god, just as Nabu, and under various titles, as Nu-gim-mud, Nin-igi-azag, and Igi-dug-gu, all emphasizing his skill, he is the artificer who aids the kings in their building operations. The similarity of the rôles of Nabu and Ea, as gods of wisdom and the arts, might easily have led to a confusion.
The Gilgamesh Epic, after relating how the great gods in Shuruppak had decided to send a deluge, continues as follows in the right-hand column: SUMERIAN VERSION SEMITIC VERSION At the wall I will speak a word O reed-hut, hear! Col. IV, ll. 1 ff. are there compared with Gilg. Epic, XI, ll. 19-31. Nin-igi-azag, "The Lord of Clear Vision", a title borne by Enki, or Ea, as God of Wisdom.
On that assumption, the prominence given to its creation may be paralleled in the introduction to a later magical text, which described, probably in connexion with an incantation, the creation of two small creatures, one white and one black, by Nin-igi-azag, "The Lord of Clear Vision", one of the titles borne by Enki or Ea.
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