Khumbaba, the Kombabos of the Greeks, was the prototype of Geryon. He dwelt far away in the forest of pines and sherbin cedars, where the gods and spirits had their abode. It was, consequently, in the cold region of the Accadian Olympus, now Mount Elwend, that he was placed by the old mythology, and the similarity of his name to that of the Elamite god Khumba or Khumbume makes it possible that he was originally identical with the latter. In this case the antagonism between Khumbaba and Izdubar would have been merely a reflection of the antagonism that existed between the inhabitants of Babylonia and the subjects of the Elamite empire. Mr. Smith even thought that the overthrow of Khumbaba might have been an echo of the overthrow of some Elamite dynasty by a Chaldean one. In the case of the fourth tablet Mr. Smith believed that he had found fragments of all six columns, but some of these fragments are useless until we have further fragments to complete them. 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 Hea-bani: 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.) COLUMN II. 1. .... enter 2. .... he raised 3. .... the ornaments of her .... 4. .... the ornaments of her breast 5. .... and her crown I divided 6. .... of the earth he opened 7. he .... he ascended to the city 8. he went up to the presence of Samas he made a sacrifice? 9. he built an altar. In the presence of Samas he lifted his hands: 10. Why hast thou established Izdubar, in thy heart thou hast given him protection, 11. when the son .... and he goes 12. on the remote path to Khumbaba. 13. A battle he knows not he will confront, 14. an expedition he knows not he will ride to, 15. for long he will go and will return, 16. to take the course to the forest of pine trees, 17. to Khumbaba of [whom his city may] he destroy, 18. and every one who is evil whom thou hatest ... 19. In the day of the year he will .... 20. May she not return at all, may she not ... 21. him to fix .... (About ten lines lost here.)