12. Izdubar saw a well which the waters were excavating. 13. He turned to the bright waters and smells (?) the waters; .... grant me thy image (?) 14. .... the men he approached and (their) goods he took away (?) 15. at his return they tore the hair. 16. Izdubar approached (?) .... 17. over the fortress of his nostrils coursed his tears, and he says to Nis-Hea the boatman: 18. What is it to me, Nis-Hea, that my hands rest? 19. What is it to me that my heart lives? 20. I have not done good to my own self; 21. and yet the lion of the earth does good (to himself). 22. Again for 20 kaspu (140 miles) alone I take the way, and 23. when I had opened the .... I heaped up the tackling, 24. the sea against its long wall I urged. 25. And he left the ship by the shore, 20 kaspu (140 miles) they journeyed the stage. 26. For 30 kaspu (210 miles) they performed the labour, they came into the midst of Erech the lofty. —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— 27. Izdubar to him also says, even to Nis-Hea the boatman: 28. Ascend, Nis-Hea, over the fortress of Erech go; 29. the foundation-stone is scattered, the bricks of its interior are not made, 30. and its foundation is not laid to thy height (?); 31. 1 _saros_ (is) thy city, 1 _saros_ the plantations, 1 _saros_ the boundary of the temple of Nantur the house of Istar, 32. 3 _sari_ together the city of Erech ... —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–— The opening line of the next tablet is preserved, it reads: “The gad-fly in the house of the serving-man was left.” After this the story is again lost for several lines, and where it reappears Izdubar is mourning for Hea-bani. The fragments of this tablet are:— COLUMN I. 1. The gad-fly in the house of the serving-man was left. (Several lines lost.) 1. Izdubar (lamented thus over Hea-bani his friend:) 2. If to .... 3. to happiness thou (art not admitted); 4. a shining cloak (thou dost not wear), 5. like a misfortune (?) thou .... 6. Fat (and) goodly food thou dost not share; 7. to (come to) its savour they do not choose thee. 8. The bow against the ground thou dost not aim, 9. what the bow has struck escapes thee: 10. the staff to thy hands thou dost not lift, 11. the captive will not curse thee: 12. sandals to thy feet thou dost not bind, 13. a thrust against the ground thou dost not make. 14. Thy wife whom thou lovest thou dost not kiss, 15. thy wife whom thou hatest thou dost not strike; 16. thy child whom thou lovest thou dost not kiss, 17. thy child whom thou hatest thou dost not strike. 18. The destruction of the earth has seized thee. 19. Ninazu, of darkness the mother, of darkness, of darkness, 20. her illustrious stature as his mantle covers him, and 21. her feet like a deep well beget [_or_ darken] him.