10. As for them ..... their weapons. 11. He said to Dibbara: ...... The speech of Anu which follows is written in characters so broken and indistinct as to make any attempt at translation impossible. The next fragment is of a different character, but appears from its style to belong to the same series. 1. .... he .... 2. .. spake to him and he explained (?) .... 3. .. spake to him and he learned (?) .... 4. Anu at the doing of Hea shouted for joy and .... 5. the gods of heaven and earth as many as exist whosoever thus answered; 6. his command which was like the command of Anu whosoever appointed 7. .... extending from the horizon of heaven to the top of heaven 8. .... he looked and his fear he saw 9. .... Anu who .... over him .... made 10. .... of Hea his calamity (?) made 11. .... a fierce lord to later days to .... 12. .... seed of mankind 13. .... triumphantly the net (?) .. he broke 14. .... to heaven he had ascended, she thus 15. .... 4,021 people he had placed 16. .... the illness which was on the body of the people he had placed 17. .... the illness the goddess of Karrak made to cease. The next portion of the legend is a considerable part of one of the tablets, probably the fourth, all four columns of writing being represented. There are many curious points in this tablet, beside the special purpose of the legend, such as the peoples enumerated in the fourth column, the action of the gods of the various cities, &c. COLUMN I. 1. Bel .... his yokes and 2. (in his) heart he says: 3. Dibbara is crouching at his gate, among the corpses of chiefs and slaves; 4. Dibbara is crouching at his gate; thou knowest his seat. 5. Babylon their foes besieged, and 6. their curse art thou. 7. To the floor thou didst trample them and thou didst make a passage, 8. O warrior Dibbara. 9. Thou didst leave the land, thou didst go forth against others; 10. the destruction of the nobles wast thou made, and thou didst descend into the palace. 11. The people also saw thee; their weapons were shattered. 12. The high priest the avenger of Babylon sets his heart, 13. when the ranks of the enemies to spoil he urges on his soldiers. 14. Before the face of the people they did evil. 15. To that city whither I shall send thee, thou a man 16. shalt not fear, shalt not respect a man. 17. Small and great as one man cast down and 18. of that evil race thou shalt not save any one. 19. The collection of the goods of Babylon thou spoilest; 20. the people of the king (which) is gathered together, and entered into the city, 21. shaking the bow, planting the sword (?) 22. of the soldiers the help, the transgression (transgressors) against Anu and Dagon, 23. their weapons thou plantest, 24. their corpses like the pouring down of rain thou dost cast down in the streets of the city, 25. and their treasures (?) thou openest, and dost sweep into the river. 26. The spell Merodach saw and angrily (?) spoke, 27. his heart was taken,