It is evident from the wording of the fragment that it was preceded by at least one tablet, describing the sin of the people in building the tower. The fragment preserved belongs to a tablet containing from four to six columns of writing, of which portions of four remain. The principal part is the beginning of Column I. COLUMN I. 1. .... them the father .... 2. the thought of his heart was evil, 3. .... he the father of all the gods had repudiated; 4. the thought of his heart was evil, 5. .... of Babylon he hastens to the submission (?), 6. [small] and great he confounded (on) the mound. 7. .... of Babylon he hastens to the submission, 8. [small] and great he confounded (on) the mound. 9. Their walls all the day he founded; 10. for their destruction (punishment) in the night 11. .... he did not leave a remainder. 12. In his anger also (his) secret counsel he pours out: 13. [to] confound (their) speeches he set his face. 14. He gave the command, he made strange their counsel 15. .... the going he inspected it. 16. .... he took (selected) a shrine. There is a small fragment of Column II., but the connection with Column I. is not apparent. COLUMN II. 1. Sar-tuli-elli (the king of the illustrious mound, _i.e._ Anu) destroys (_or_ punishes). 2. In front had Anu lifted up .... 3. to Bel-esir his father .... 4. Since his heart also .... 5. who carried the command .... 6. In those days also .... 7. he lifted him up .... 8. The goddess Dav-kina .... 9. My son I rise and .... 10. his number (?) .... 11. he did not .... There is a third portion on the same tablet belonging to a column on the other side, either the third or the fifth. REVERSE COLUMN III. OR V. 1. In .... 2. they blew and .... 3. for future times .... 4. The god of no government went .... 5. He said, like heaven and earth .... 6. his path they went .... 7. fiercely they fronted his presence .... 8. He saw them and the earth .... 9. Since a stop they did not (make) .... 10. of the gods .... 11. the gods they revolted against .... 12. offspring .... 13. They weep hot tears for Babylon; 14. bitterly they wept (for Babylon); 15. their heart also .... These fragments are so remarkable that it is most unfortunate we have not the remainder of the tablet.