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THE EXPLOITS OF LUBARA.
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4. . . . . thou enterest within it

5. . . . . thou callest, like a tent

6. . . . . an appointment has not

7. . . . . thy . . . he gathers

8. . . . . he draws out his sword

9. . . . . he fills his bow

10. . . . . war is made

11. . . . . like a bird he flies

12. . . . . and he seeks

13. . . . . he destroys

14. . . . . great curse

15. . . . . strike their hands

16. . . . . the fire

17. . . . . taken

18. Elu his fierceness? covered? and

19. in his heart he said:

20. Lubara is couching at his gate, over the corpses of chiefs and slaves

21. thou placest his seat.

22. The wicked Babylonians watched it and

23. thou art their curse.

24. To the floor thou tramplest them and thou didst break through . . . .

25. Warrior Lubara.

26. Thou leavest also the land, thou goest out to another

27. . . . . thou destroyest the land, thou enterest the palace.

28. The people see thee and they reach their weapons.