Column IV.
1. Urhamsi to him also said to Izdubar
2. the tablets? Izdubar . . . .
3. Let not the waters of death enclose thy hand . . . .
4. the second time, the third time, and the fourth time Izdubar was lifting the spear . . . .
5. the fifth, sixth, and seventh time Izdubar was lifting the spear . . . .
6. the eighth, ninth, and tenth time Izdubar was lifting the spear . . . .
7. the eleventh and twelfth time, Izdubar was lifting the spear . . . .
8. on the one hundred and twentieth time Izdubar finished the spear
9. and he broke his girdle to . . . .
10. Izdubar seized the . . . . . . .
11. on his wings a cord he . . . .
12. Hasisadra afar off pondered,
13. spake within his heart and a resolution made.
14. Within himself also he considered:
15. Why is the ship still hidden
16. is not ended the voyage . . . .
17. the man is not come to me and . . . .
18. I wonder he is not . . . .
19. I wonder he is not . . . .
20. I wonder . . . .
Here there is a blank, the extent of which is uncertain, and where the narrative recommences it is
