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BABYLONIAN LEGEND

11. among the gods collected . . . .

12. the god Kingu subdued . . . .

13. marchiug in front before . . . .

14. carrying weapons thou . . . .

15. upon war . . . .

16. his hand appointed

There are many more similar broken lines, and on the other side fragments of a speech by some being who desires Tiamat to make war.

All these fragments are not sufficiently complete to translate with certainty, or even to ascertain their order.

The fourth fragment, K 3449, relates to the making of weapons to arm the god who should meet in war the dragon.

This reads with some doubt on account of its mutilation:

01. heart . . . . .

02. burning . . . . .

03. from . . . . .

04. in the temple . . . . .

05. may he fix . . . . .

06. the dwelling of the god . . . . .

07. the great gods . . . . .

08. the gods said? . . . .

09. the sword that was made the gods saw

10. and they saw also the bow which was strung . . . . .

11. the work that was made they placed . . . . .

12. carried also Anu in the assembly of the gods . . . . .