28. ... _sìr-ri-eš ba-ab-bi-ne_ 28. ... in misery they speak. 29. ... _ki-dúr-bi ḳar-ra_ 29. ... whose habitations are desolated. 30. ... _im-ši-sìr-sìr-e-ne-eš_(48) 30. Unto ... they have hastened. 31. ... _ne-ne-túg_ 31. ...? 32. ... _ga(?)nu-zu-gim_ 32. ... like one that knows not. 33. ... _sūģ_(49) 33. ... is in confusion. (END OF COL. I.) COL. II (About fifteen lines broken away.)(50) 1. ... _gál_ 1. .... 2. ... _-e ba-ab-dúg-ám_(51) 2. .... 3. ... _ma-lal im-mé_ 3. .... 4. ... _ģul-nu-zu-ne nig-dug be-ib-tar-ru-uš-ám_ 4. ... evil they know not, good they have decreed. 5. _i-lu-gíg im-me_ 5. Bitter lament I(52) utter. 6. _nam-lù-găl-bi máš-anšu-gim šag-ba mi-ni-ib-tíl-la-aš_ 6. Her population like cattle of the fields within her have perished. 7. _a ka-na-ăm-mu im-me_ 7. Helas! my Land! I sigh. 8. _ki-el kalag tul-tul-lá-bi-ne sùr_(_53_)_-ri- -eš mi-ni-ib- sal-la-áš_ 8. Maid and young man and their children cruelly have been scattered far and wide. 9. _iš-a-bi im-me_ 9. Tearfully I sigh. 10. _šeš-bi imi-dugud šèg-gà-gim di-e-be-ib-sud-ám_(54) 10. Their brothers like a rain storm have fled afar. 11. _er-šú nu- gul-_(_55_)_ e_ 11. I cease not to weep. 12. _é-e áb amar-bi kud-du gim ní-bi-šù ūr-gíg-ga_(_56_)_ im-gub_ 12. The household like a cow, whose calf has been separated from her, stand by themselves with sorrowful souls. 13. _sîg-sîg_(_57_)_ ni- mal- mal_ 13. They have lapsed into the misery of silence. 14. _balag-di_(_58_)_ lù-ad-dug-ga-ge_(_59_)_-ne um-me-da-ū-a-di-gim_ 14. Oh sing to the lyre! The wailers like a child nursing mother who cries in woe 15. _mu-bi er-ra mi-ni-ib-bal-bal-e-ne_ 15. because of them devised lamentation. 16. _uru ù-mu-un-bi sag-ib-ta-an-dīm-ma_ 16. The city whose lord had been magnified, 17. _igi-ni sá kûr-ra ib-ta-an-gar-ra ad-e-eš ba-an-ara-áš_ 17. In whose presence a hostile rule has been established, with sighing they have caused to walk. 18. _é-zid kur-kur-ra igi-šú ba-an-gín-na_ 18. As for the faithful temple, which in the lands excelled all, 19. _uku sag-gig-gi uš-zi_(_60_)_ be-íb-tùb-ba_ 19. (Where) the people, the dark headed, reposed _in security_; 20. _a-na ib-ag a-na im-ģa-lam-ma-bi_(61) 20. What has done it, what has destroyed it? 21. _ù-mu-un-bi ib-ta-kàš sag-ki-a mu-un-du_ 21. Its lord is a fugitive, he _hastens in flight_. 22. _ki-šub_(_62_)_- gú- 2 kam_ 22. A melody with prostrations. Second section. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 23. _me-gal šag-bi_(_63_)_ ba-ra-an-è-a-áš gù-gíg-ga nu-mal_(_64_)_-aš_ 23. The meaning of the great decrees they have glorified. Sorrowful words they restrain not. 24. _giš-gí-gál-bi-im_(65) 24. This is its antiphon. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 25. _uru ù-mu-un-bi šag ba-da-an-dib-ba_ 25. The city whose lord is distressed,(66)