in the city of azupiranu which by the side of the river euphrates is situated my mother the princess conceived me ; in difficulty she brought me forth she placed me in an ark of rushes , with bitumen my exit she sealed up , she launched me on the river which did not drown me the river carried me , to akki the water carrier it brought me akki the water carrier in tenderness of bowels lifted me ; akki the water carrier as his child brought me up akki the water carrier as his husbandman placed me , and in my husbandry ishtar prospered me .