“Fortunately, though the tablet is
badly damaged so that very little of the text is legible, enough can
be read to recognize that the text presents a flood story
whose hero is named na-ah-ma-su-le-el.11Assyriologists have observed
that the name has a general resemblance to Noah, but they have not gone
further with the comparison. E. A. Speiser has observed about this name:
‘Comparison with Noah has been suggested; such a possibility cannot be
ruled out, but neither can it be relied upon.’”12