6. The scorpion-man opened his mouth (and spake); 7. they say to Izdubar: 8. Izdubar was not .... 9. of the mountain .... 10. for twelve kaspu (84 miles) [is the journey]; 11. on the boundary of the field did he carry himself, and (there is) no light. 12. To the rising sun .... 13. to the setting sun .... 14. to the setting sun .... 15. they descended .... In this mutilated passage, the monster describes the journey to be taken by Izdubar; there are now many lines wanting, until we come to the fourth column. COLUMN IV. 1. In (his) sickness .... 2. in difficulty and .... 3. in lamentation and .... 4. again thou .... 5. the scorpion-man .... 6. (said) to Izdubar .... 7. Go Izdubar .... 8. the mountains of Mas .... 9. the mountains, the path (of the Sun) .... 10. may the women .... 11. the great gate of the land .... 12. Izdubar .... 13. for a memorial .... 14. the road of the sun .... 15. 1 kaspu (he went) .... 16. on the boundary of the field .... 17. he was not able (to look behind him). 18. 2 kaspu (he went) .... This is the bottom of the fourth column; there are five lines lost at the top of the fifth column, and then the narrative reopens; the text is, however, mutilated and doubtful. COLUMN V. 6. 4 (kaspu he went) .... 7. on the boundary (of the field).... 8. he was not able (to look behind him). 9. 5 kaspu (he went) .... 10. on the boundary of the field .... 11. he was not able (to look behind him). 12. 6 kaspu he went .... 13. on the boundary of the field did he carry himself (and there is no light). 14. He was not able (to look behind him). 15. 7 kaspu (he went) .... 16. on the boundary of the field was it situated and not .... 17. he was not able to look behind him. 18. 8 kaspu like a .... he mounts up; 19. on the boundary of the field (did he carry himself and) there is no light. 20. He was not able to look behind him. 21. 9 kaspu he went .... to the north 22. .... his face 23. (on the boundary of the field did he carry himself and) there is no light; 24. (he was not able) to look behind him. 25. (10 kaspu he went) .... him 26. .... a meeting 27. .... 4 kaspu 28. .... from the shadow of the sun 29. .... sight was established 30. to the forest of the trees of the gods in appearance it was equal. [Illustration: IZDUBAR AMONG THE TREES OF THE GODS (?) FROM A BABYLONIAN CYLINDER FOUND IN CYPRUS BY GEN. DI CESNOLA.] 31. Emeralds it carried as its fruit, 32. the branch refuses not to support a canopy. 33. Crystals they carry as shoots (?) 34. fruit they carry, and to the sight it is glistening. Some of the words in this fragment are obscure, but the general meaning is clear. In the next column the wanderings of Izdubar are continued, and he comes to a country near the sea. Fragments of several lines of this column are preserved, but too mutilated to translate with certainty. The fragments are:— COLUMN VI. (About six lines lost.) 1. the pine tree ....