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BABYLONIAN FABLES.

10. . . . . placed in the country . . . .

11. . . . . all of them the angels . . . .

12. . . . . they . . . .

13. In those days also . . . .

14. and a sceptre of ukni stone . . . .

15. to rule the country . . . .

16. the seven gods over the people they raised . . . .

17. over the cities they raised . . . .

18. the city of the angels Surippak?

19. Ishtar to the neighbourhood to . . . .

20. and the king flew . . . .

21. Inninna to the neighbourhood . . . .

22. and the king flew . . . .

23. Elu encircled the sanctuary of . . . .

24. he sought also . . . .

25. in the wide country . . . .

26. the kingdom . . . .

27. he took and

28. the gods of the country

Reverse.

Many lines lost.

1. from of old he caused to wait . . . .


2. Third tablet of "The city they . . . .


3. The eagle his mouth opened and to Shamas his lord he spake

The next fragment is a small portion probably of the fourth tablet.

1. The eagle his mouth opened . . . .