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THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU.
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first column, mentions some being who was the seed or firstborn of Elu or Bel, with a number of titles, such as "warrior, soldier of the temple of Hamsi," and the name of the god Zu occurs, but not so as to prove these titles to be his.

The following is a partial translation of the remains of this tablet:—

K. 3454.

Column I. lost.

Column II.

01. the fate? going . . . . of the gods all of them he sent.

02. . . . . . . . . Zu grew old and

03. Zu? like . . . . Bel . . . . him

04. three? streams? of water in front and

05. the work Bel finished? he slept in it.

06. The crown of his majesty, the clothing of his divinity,

07. his umsimi, his crown? Zu stripped, and

08. he stripped also the father of the gods, the venerable of heaven and earth.

09. The desire? of majesty he conceived in his heart,

10. Zu stripped also the father of the gods, the venerable of heaven and earth.

11. The desire? of majesty he conceived in his heart:

12. Let me carry away the umsimi of the gods,

13. and the tereti of all the gods may it burn,