28. an unsparing curse in his mouth was formed, 29. .... the river he did not .... COLUMN II. Many lines lost. 1. .... that city which the lord of the earth ... 2. a whirlwind he did not (make) .... 3. without Samas his tower thou crossest, the land thou givest (?) 4. of Erech the seat of Anu and Istar, 5. the city of (the handmaids) Samkhati and Kharimati, the choirs of 6. Istar. Death they fear (and) they are delivered into thy hands (?). 7. The Suti (Arab nomads) with the Suti are placed in .... 8. they are slain; the temple of Anu the priests, the festival makers, 9. who, to make the people of Istar worship, their manhood devoted, 10. carrying swords, carrying razors, _dupe_, and knives, 11. who to rejoice the glory of Istar trusted, 12. O fierce high priest, the bowing-down of the face over them thou hast made. 13. Their foundations also, their shrines .... 14. Istar cried out and was troubled over the city of Erech, 15. the enemy she strikes and like corn on the face of the waters she scatters. 16. Dwelling in his .... Bit-Parra .... 17. ... she rests not from the war. 18. The enemy whom thou hast stricken obeys not .... 19. The great god answered the speech: 20. The city of Duran to streams of blood .... 21. the people who dwell in the midst of it like reeds (are trembling); 22. .... before the waters their alliance .... 23. and ... thou dost not .... 24. to the Suti ........ 25. I in my city Duran judge uprightly 26. I do not ........ 27. evil (?) I do not give and .... 28. the upright people I leave .... Five other broken lines. COLUMN III. Many lines lost. 1. .... the house he had built .... 2. this he did, and I .... 3. the day he brought me my fate I .... 4. him, his camp (?) also he caused to destroy .. 5. Afterwards may they destroy, and to another 6. O warrior Dibbara, the established also in Gutium, 7. the unestablished also in Gutium, 8. who sin against thee also in Gutium, 9. who do not sin against thee also in Gutium, 10. .... the destroyer (?) of the clothes of the god of Gutium, 11. .... the mover of the head of the king. Two other mutilated lines. COLUMN IV. 1. May the planet Mercury cause his splendour to wane; 2. to his resolutions (?) is he bound: 3. he rejoices not the mouth of his (worshippers) 4. who the structure ....... 5. to the seat of the king of the gods may he urge and .... 6. The warrior Dibbara heard it also, 7. the word (which) the god Itak spake to him .. 8. and thus spake the warrior Dibbara: 9. Sea against sea, Subartu (Syria) against Subartu, Assyria against Assyria, 10. Elam against Elam, 11. Kossæan against Kossæan, 12. Sutu against Sutu, 13. Gutium against Gutium, 14. Lullubu against Lullubu, 15. country against country, house against house, man against man, 16. brother against brother also, may they destroy each other, 17. and afterwards may Accad come and 18. the whole of them destroy, and fight against them.