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nected narrative, uotwithstanding that tlip end of every line 

 is broken away. The reverse of this text, however, is so 

 mutilated as to be practicall}^ worthless. The nature of the 

 text is historical, and very detailed, and it is of importance 

 in that it gives the names of two of the personages who 

 are apparently mentioned in the inscription of which I 

 have just given a description, namely, Kudur-la^gamal (as 

 he is apparently called here), and £ri-E-kua, or Eri-Akua, 

 evidently a variant of Eri-[E]aku), whose son is spoken of. 

 The following is a translation of this text : — 



S^ II, 987. 

 Obverse. 



ilani . 

 the gods 



ta - at ur - ra (?) 



ki mar - kas sam - e sa ana ir - bit 

 The bond of heaven which to the four 



im - ru . . . 

 regions (?) . . 



[i] - sim - su - nu - tu°' sar - ta" sa ina Babili al 



he set them the fame lohich in Babylon the city 



ta - na - . . . 



of \Jiis] glo{ry'] . . . 



i-sim-sn-nu-tu"' nam - kur su - ud Babili 



he set them Tlie property of the possession of Babylon 



sa - har u ra - ... 



small and gre\at'\ . 



6. ina mil - ki - su - nu ki - ni™ ana Ku - dur - lah - ga - jnal 

 in their faithful counsel to Chedorlaomer 



sar mat E-la[-mat] . . . 

 Hng of the land of ^7a[«i] . 



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