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Explicitly stated in C. F. Jean, Tell Sifre (Paris, 1931), no. 71:16–19, “Iddin-Sin took the axe of the god Lugal-kiduna, walked around the field and swore his oath, and took possession of the orchard.”

A goddess of healing worshipped particularly at Isin. This listing is made complete by the addition of the following: the axe of the god Lugal-kiduna the surinnu-symbol of Sin (and Adad?), and the hand of the goddess Mah.

Code of Hammurabi §§23, 120, 126, and 240. Compare §9.

Two of these texts have been translated by Finkelstein in J. B. Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, 3rd edition (Princeton, 1969), 543–544 (text A) and 544–545 (text B). The crucial sections of several of the texts are translated and discussed in the Harris article (see note 7).

Shabu^cot 38b, near the bottom, and as reflected in the Targum attributed to Jonathan and in the commentaries of Rashi and Jacob ben Asher.

For a more detailed treatment of these sources see E. A. Speiser’s Genesis, Doubleday, 1964 or G. Von Rad, Genesis: A Commentary, Westminster Press, 1961.

See J. C. Whitcomb and H. M. Morris, The Genesis Flood, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishers, 1960, pp. 63–79.

Fernand Navarra, Noah’s Ark: I Touched It!, Logos International, 1974, pp. x–xi.

See, for example, Violet M. Cummings, Noah’s Ark: Fact or Fable?, Creation-Science Research Center, 1972; John Warwick Montgomery, The Quest For Noah’s Ark (Bethany Fellowship, Minneapolis, 1974); John D. Morris, Adventure on Ararat (Institute For Creation Research, San Diego 1973); Rene Noorbergen, The Ark File (Pacific Press Publishing Assoc., Mountain View, Ca., 1974.