18. .... who day and night 19. .... destroy thy terror 20. .... the god Samas loves him and 21. .... and Hea have given intelligence to his ears 22. he has come from the mountain 23. to the midst of Erech he will ponder thy dream 24. Izdubar his dream revealed and said to his mother 25. A dream I dreamed in my sleep 26. .... the stars of heaven 27. .... struck upon my back 28. .... of heaven over me 29. .... did not rise over it 30. .... stood over ..... 31. ...... him and 32. ..... over him 33. .... his .... 34. ....... princess 35. ....... me 36. ..... I know 37. ..... to Izdubar 38. ..... of heaven 39. ..... over thy back 40. ..... over thee 41. ..... did not rise over it 42. ..... my ..... 43. ..... thee There is one other mutilated fragment of this and the next column with part of a relation respecting beasts and a fragment of a conversation between Izdubar and his mother. The whole of this tablet is curious, and it certainly gives the successful issue of the attempt to bring Hea-bani to Erech, and in very fragmentary condition the dream of the monarch. It appears that the females Samkhat and Kharimtu prevailed upon Hea-bani to come to Erech and see the exploits of the giant Izdubar, and he declared that he would bring a _Midannu_, most probably a tiger, to Erech, in order to make trial of the strength of Izdubar, and to see if he could destroy it. The Midannu is mentioned in the Assyrian texts as a fierce carnivorous animal allied to the lion and leopard; it is called _Midannu_, Mindinu, and Mandinu. In a list of animals it is associated with the _dumamu_ or cat. In the fifth column, after the description of the festivities which followed the arrival of Hea-bani, there appears a break between lines 15 and 16, some part of the original story being probably omitted here. The Assyrian copy probably is here defective, at least one line being lost. The portion here omitted seems to have stated that the following speech was made by the mother of Izdubar, who figures prominently in the earlier part of these legends. CHAPTER XIII. DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA. Mythical geography.—Forest region.—Khumbaba.—Conversation.—Petition to Samas.—Journey to forest.—Dwelling of Khumbaba.—Entrance to forest.—Meeting with Khumbaba.—Death of Khumbaba.—Izdubar king. The wretchedly mutilated condition of the fragments that belong to the two next tablets or books of the Epic makes it impossible to ascertain their correct order and arrangement. The arrangement given here, accordingly, must be regarded as merely provisional. It may, however, be taken as certain that they all form part of the fourth and fifth tablets, and relate the contest between Izdubar and Khumbaba.