30. . . . . stood over . . . . .
31. . . . . . . him and
32. . . . . . over him
33. . . . . his . . . .
34. . . . . . . . princess
35. . . . . . . . me
36. . . . . . I know
37. . . . . . to Izdubar
38. . . . . . of heaven
39. . . . . . over thy back
40. . . . . . over thee
41. . . . . . did not rise over it
42. . . . . . my . . . . .
43. . . . . . thee
There is one other mutilated fragment of this and the next column with part of a relation respecting beasts and a fragment of a conversation between Izdubar and his mother.
The whole of this tablet is curious, and it certainly gives the successful issue of the attempt to bring Heabani to Erech, and in very fragmentary condition the dream of the monarch.
I have omitted some of the details in columns III. and IV. because they were on the one side obscure, and on the other hand appeared hardly adapted for general reading.
It appears that the females Samhat and Harimtu prevailed upon Heabani to come to Erech and see the exploits of the giant Izdubar, and he declared that he would bring a Midannu, most probably a tiger, to