<Li> The "great gods" Anu, Enlil, Ninurta, Ennugi, and Ea were sworn to secrecy about their plan to cause the flood . </Li> <Li> But the god Ea (Sumerian god Enki) repeated the plan to Utnapishtim through a reed wall in a reed house . </Li> <Li> Ea commanded Utnapishtim to demolish his house and build a boat, regardless of the cost, to keep living beings alive . </Li> <Li> The boat must have equal dimensions with corresponding width and length and be covered over like Apsu boats . </Li>

Who builds the boat in the epic of gilgamesh