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Column III. 



1- ST? ►^ ^ ^T £^T -T .^^ 1! 



ya - ti u - ma - ra - an - ni - va 

 As for me he urged me and 



2- m m m sw -+ 4?:=- ^^^t^ m h ^t^ 



u - sa - at - ka - an - ni li - ib - ba - av 



he caused to gather me in heart 



3- * ^I<J A SJT ^^T T? £T ^^T ^ ^^n ^T 



pa - al - khi - is la - a ba-adh-dhi- il - su 

 reverently. not failing him, 



■*• m riil -m -ST -T4 <T- ^ -^T ST 



u - sa - al - la - av si - bi - ir - su 

 / completed his beautiful (works) 



Thus far the account on both cylinders is the same, 

 although the spelling of a word here and there is different. 

 But now the accounts differ entirely, and we give the text 

 from the cylinder that contains the third column in the best 

 state of preservation. 



5. ^ ^ <- ;gT f, ^y .H^ c^ <- bV] -II m 



ni - nu mi - su a - na D.P. SAR AMAR- DA bil - ya 

 for the god the king of Marad my lord 



«■ :ffT STT IT^T ^ -TT<T Id! <: £T<T ^ 



bit - ^u sa ki - ri - ib AMAR - DA - DA 

 his temple which is within Marad, 



7- m Jj^TT im ^1 ^:^'\ -TT<T:f:f ^^ m <> 



sa is - tu ya - um ri - e - ku - u tiv 

 which from a time (day) remote 



