Column III.
1. the friend whom I loved . . . .
2. I am not like him . . . .
3. Izdubar to him also said to Ur-hamsi
4. Again Ur-hamsi why . . . .
5. what brings (matters) to me if it . . . .
6. if carried to cross the sea, if not carried [to cross the sea]
7. Ur-hamsi to him also said to Izdubar
8. Thy hand Izdubar ceases . . . .
9. thou hidest in the place of the stones thou . . .
10. in the place of the stones hidden and they . . .
11. Take Izdubar the axe in thy hand . . . .
12. go down to the forest and a spear of five gar . . .
13. capture and make a burden of it, and carry it . . .
14. Izdubar on his hearing this,
15. took the axe in his hand . . . .
16. he went down to the forest and a spear of five gar . . . .
17. he took and made a burden of it, and carried it [to the ship]
18. Izdubar and Urhamsi rode in the ship
19. the ship the waves took and they . . . .
20. a journey of one month and fifteen days. On the third day in their course
21. took Urhamsi the waters of death . . . .
