64 THEO. G. PINCHES : ON CERTAIN INSCKIPTIONS AND EECOKDS 



24. The enemy feared, be bid biinself 



25. Tbere descended (?) also its cbief man, and be spoke to him a 



command 

 2G. " the gods were clothed with light 



27. " [He* flashed like lig-btniug-] and shook the (holy) places. 



28. " [Draw near unto?] Ennun-dagalla, remove bi.-^ crowns! 



29. " [Enter into ?] bis temple, seize his hand ! " 



30 he did not fear, and he regarded not (his) life 



31. [He approacheth not(?)] Ennun-dagalla, he removeth not bis 



crowns. 



32 the Elamite proclaimed (to) the lands (?). 



33. . . the Elamite, the wicked mau, proclaimed far and wide(?) 



34 the katie repeated the matter (?). 



35 numerous (?) within (?), may they bring to tiie 



temple 



36 the cbief then dwelt and stayed in Du-mah. 



37 tbere came to it the katte. 



38 the chief stayed. 



39 over him. 



40 



41 



Reverse. ' 



dish of . 



2. When the guardian spoke (?) peace [to the city?] 



3. Tbere came down bis winged bulls, who [protect?] the temple. 



4. The enemy, the Elamite, multiplied evils, 



5. And Bel allowed evil to be planned against Babylon. 



G. Wheu righteousness was absent (?), there was decided (?) also 

 the destruction 



7. of the temple, the bouse of the multitude of the gods. (Then) 



came down his winged bulls. 



8. The enemy, the Elamite, took its goods — 

 1). Bel dwelling uponf(?) it had displeasure. 



10. When the magicians repeated their evil words (?). 



11. Gulu'" and the evil wind performed (?) their evil (?). 



12. There came down also their gods, they came down like a torrent. 



* Probably Ennun-dagala. 



f The characters in the original can hardly be anything els 8 than 



^iX "^^T^, e-li, "upon," and this would indicate that the " temple" spoken 

 of was a tower in stages — jDrobably that described by Diodorus as having statues 

 of Zcxis, Hera, and Ehea — the temple of Belus. 



