Adapa, the Sage of Eridu

1 [...] understanding [...] His command was like Anu’s [...]
2 Ea gave him great understanding
3 so he could explain the order of the land.
4 He gave him wisdom, but did not give him eternal life.⁠a
5 In those days and years, he was the sage of Eridu.
6 Ea had made him his follower among human beings,
7 a sage whose command no one could oppose,
8 skilled and very wise among the Anunnaki,
9 blameless, with clean hands, anointed, attentive to the divine rites.

Adapa Serves Ea

10 With the bakers he made bread,
11 With the bakers of Eridu he made bread,
12 He prepared Eridu’s food and water every day,
13 With his clean hands he prepared the table,
14 And without him the table was not cleared.
15 He steered the boat and caught fish for Eridu.
16 At that time, Adapa of Eridu,
17 while Ea lay resting in bed,
18 attended to Eridu’s gate-bolt every day.
19 At the sacred harbor, the Crescent Harbor, he boarded the boat,
20 [Without a rudder] his boat drifted,
21 [without a punting pole] he steered the boat
22 [...] on the broad sea. [...]