3. in . . . . I purified?
4. On a tablet the evil curse of man he carved?
5. I called the worshippers and sent,
6. seven in width and seven in depth I arranged them.
7. I gave them noble reeds? (pipes?)
8. I worshipped also the great gods
9. Ishtar, . . . . , Zamama, Anunitu
10. Nebo . . . . Shamas the warrior,
11. the gods listened to my doings
12. . . . . he did not give and
13. thus I said in my heart:
14. Now here am I and
15. let there not . . . . ground
16. let there not . . . .
17. may I go as I trust in Bel . . . . my heart,
18. and . . . . my iron may I take.
19. In the first year in the course of it
20. one hundred and twenty thousand men I sent out and among them,
21. one of them did not return.
22. In the second year in the course of it, ninety thousand the same.
23. In the third year in the course of it, sixty thousand seven hundred the same.
24. They were rooted out they were punished, I eat,
25. I rejoiced, I made a rest.
26. Thus I said in my heart now here am I and
27. at this time what is left?
