52 THEO. G. PINCHES : ON CEETAIN INSCEIPTIONS AND EECORDS 



u - kan - nil n rid - di ga - na sa eli - su - nu 



they said (?) '■^Descend.'' The thing that unto them {was) 



ta - a - bi 



good [lie performed, and] 



ina Babili al Kar - (D.P.) Dun - ya - as sarru - ta"' 

 in Babylon, the city of Kar-Dunias sovereignty 



ip - pu - us . . . . 

 he exercised .... 



9. ina Babili D.S. al sar ilani (D.P.) Marduk 



in Babylon, the city of the king of the gods, Merodach, 



id - da - u is (?) .... 

 they had overthroton, he . 



su - kul - lu'" u kalbe bit hab - ba - a - ta"' 



the herd and the dogs of the house of the dens (J) 



i - ma - ag - ga - . . . . 

 he favoureth (?).... 



ih - tar - ku ki - i - nu a - ri - bi mut - tab - ri - su 



he captured constantly. The raven having ivings 



i - ra - mu .... 

 he loveth .... 



12. i - nak - kar a - ri - bi sir - hu tab - bi - ik 



changeth, the raven, the loud crying, ivhich j^ours out 



mar - tu"" .... 

 gall .... 



kalbu ka - si - is NER - PAD - DA i - ma - ag - ga - ar 

 T'he dog who crunches the bone he favoureth. 



D.P. Nin- .... 

 Nin - . . . . 



i - nak - kar sir - hussu amelu hab -ba - a - tu"' 

 changeth the great snake of the man of the dens, 



ta - bi - ik . . . . 

 which pours out . . . 



