KEFEEEING TO BABYLONIA AND ELAM, ETC, 57 



part of the temple of Saggil or Sagila at Babylon, and the 

 Babylonians apparently revolted against him when the son 

 of Eri-ekua laid claim to the throne. 



The third document is much larger and much more com- 

 plete than the other two, thongh still suificiently mutilated. 

 This inscription is very long, the obverse having 41, and the 

 reverse 39 lines of writing more or less complete, the text ot 

 the latter being divided into seven paragraphs. Its poetical 

 form will readily be recognized. 



S". 158 + S'\ II, 962. 

 Obverse. 

 - ma - . . 



kur -ra 



the temple (?) 



3 E - lam - mat 



Elam 



bu - su - su 



its goods 



zi - mi - su - nu 



their faces 



6 - am - ma u - kal - lam D.P. Sam - si 



and exposes to the sun 



me (?) is - ni - ka a - na babi siri 



and they pressed on to the supreme gate 



dalat Istar is - sik is - suh - ma it - ta - di 



the door of Istar he threio down, he removed and he cast down 



gisgal - li - nis 

 in the holy places 



9. kima D.P. Ur - ra la ga - mil i - ru - um - ma Du - mag- - is 

 like Ura the unsparing he descended also to Du-ma^ 



iz - ziz - ma ina Du - mag i - na - at - tal e - kur 

 he stayed also in Du-mah, he saw the temple 



pi - su ipus - am - ma itti D.P. mare i - dib - bu - ub 

 his mouth he opened, and with the childi'en he spake, 



