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AND IZDUBAR.
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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