EEPEEEING TO BABYLONIA AND ELAM^ ETC. 63 



0(3. [bu] - su - su - nu [il?] -ki - e- ma u-tab-ba-la 



their goods he took and carried of 



E - lam - mat 

 {to) Klam 



mal - ku i - bu - ut mal (?) - ki - su 



ruler, lie destroyed i*s rider 



im - lu - u - ma ma ~ a - tu™ 



filled also the land 



:Vd si 



Sp. 158 + S^ II, 962. 



(Free Translation of the Legend of Chedorlaomer.) 



Obverse. 



1 



2 the temple (?) 



3 Elam 



4 its goods 



5 their faces, 



H and exposed to the sun. 



7 and they pressed on to the supreme gate. 



8. He threw down, removed, and cast down the door of Istar m 



the holy places, 



9. He descended also, like Ura the unsparing, to Du-mah ; 



10. He stayed also in Du-mah, looking at the temple ; 



11. He opened his mouth and spake with the children (of the place). 



12. To all his warriors (then) he hastened the message: — 



13. " Carry off the spoil of the temple, take also its goods, 



14. Destroy its barrier, cause its enclosures to be cut through." 



15. To the channel they pressed on, . . . 



16. He destroyed (?) the ruler (?) before him 



17 [from the temple] E-sarra 



18 there came down his winged bulls 



19. He destroyed he carried away its ordinances 



20. He drove away also the director's overseer, he took away the 



vail. 



21. The enemj'' pressed evilly on to Ennun-dagalla 



22. The gods were clothed with light before him 



23. He flashed like lightning and shook the (holy) places 



