“In those later days, the country was as noisy as a bellowing bull. The God grew restless at their racket, Enlil had to listen to their noise.
Enlil organized his assembly, he addressed the great gods,
'The noise of mankind has become too much, I am losing sleep over their racket. Give the order that the suruppu-disease shall break out, let Namtar put an end to their noise straight away! Let sickness: headache, suruppu, asakku, blow in to them like a storm!'
The gods gave the order, and suruppu-disease was unleashed upon the people of the land. Namtar put an end to their noise straightaway. Sickness: headache, suruppu, asakku, blew into them like a storm.”
pby1000 ago
The Atra Hasis:
http://www.markfoster.net/rn/texts/the_atra_hasis.pdf
“In those later days, the country was as noisy as a bellowing bull. The God grew restless at their racket, Enlil had to listen to their noise.
Enlil organized his assembly, he addressed the great gods,
'The noise of mankind has become too much, I am losing sleep over their racket. Give the order that the suruppu-disease shall break out, let Namtar put an end to their noise straight away! Let sickness: headache, suruppu, asakku, blow in to them like a storm!'
The gods gave the order, and suruppu-disease was unleashed upon the people of the land. Namtar put an end to their noise straightaway. Sickness: headache, suruppu, asakku, blew into them like a storm.”