There was no wild dog, no wolf, there was no fear, no terror, and man had no rival. In those days, the lands of Subur and Hamzi, Harmony-tongued Sumer, the great land of the decrees of prince ship, Uri, the land having all that is appropriate, the land Martu, resting in security, the whole universe, the people in unison to Enlil in one tongue spoke. Then Enki, the lord of abundance whose commands are trustworthy, the lord of wisdom, who understands the land, the leader of the gods, endowed with wisdom, the lord of Eridu changed the speech in their mouths, brought contention into it, into the speech of man that until then had been one.