Tablet IV.
Column I.
1. . . . . mu . . . .
2. . . . . thy . . . .
3. . . . . me, return
4. . . . . the birds shall rend him
5. . . . . in thy presence
6. . . . . of the forest of pine trees
7. . . . . all the battle
8. . . . . may the birds of prey surround him
9. . . . . that, his carcass may they destroy
10. . . . . to me and we will appoint thee king,
11. . . . . thou shalt direct after the manner of a king
12. [Izdubar] opened his mouth and spake,
13. and said to Heabani:
14. . . . he goes to the great palace
15. . . . . the breast of the great queen
16. . . . . . knowledge, everything he knows
17. . . . . . . establish to our feet
18. . . . . . . . his hand
19. . . . . . . . I to the great palace
20. . . . . . . . . . the great queen
(Probably over twenty lines lost here.)
It was this fragment, which gives part of the conversation between Heabani and Izdubar previous to the attack on Humbaba, which led me to the opinion that Izdubar was not yet king of Babylonia, for
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