Enki …… brought joy to their heart. He set a feast for his mother Namma and for Ninmaḫ. All the princely birth-goddesses (?) …… ate delicate reed (?) and bread. An, Enlil, and Lord Nudimmud roasted holy kids. All the senior gods praised him: “O lord of wide understanding, who is as wise as you? Enki, the great lord, who can equal your actions? Like a corporeal father, you are the one who has the me of deciding destinies, in fact you are the me.” |
Enki and Ninmaḫ: c.1.1.2 { Ninmaḫ threw the pinched-off clay from her hand on the ground and a great silence fell }{ (1 ms. has instead:) Enki threw all (?) the clay to the ground and was greatly …… }. The great lord Enki said to Ninmaḫ: “I have decreed the fates of your creatures and given them their daily bread. Come, now I will fashion somebody for you, and you must decree the fate of the newborn one!” |