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THE EXPLOITS OF LUBARA.

22. and the seven warrior gods unequalled

23. marched after him.

24. To the country of Syria the warrior went,

25. his hand he also lifted and destroyed the land,

26. the land of Syria he took for his country,

27. the forests of people . . . . he broke through the ranks?

28. . . . . like . . . .

The next fragments of the story are on a mutilated copy of the last tablet, K 1282. This tablet, as I have before stated, is only a smaller supplemental one to include the end of the story, which could not be written on the fourth tablet.

K. 1282.

Obverse.

01. When Lubara . . . .

02. the gods all of them . . . .

03. the angels and spirits all . . . .

04. Lubara his mouth opened and . . . .

05. shake also the whole of you . . . .

06. I am placed? and in the first sin . . . .

07. my heart is angry and . . . .

08. like a flock of sheep may . . . .

09. against the setting up of boundaries . . . .

10. like spoiling the country right and . . . .

11. in the mouth of a dog noble?

12. and the place . . . .

Fifteen lines much broken here.

28. . . . . the land of Akkad its strength . . . .