the great monster, the raging dog, the scorpion-man,

the dog-days, the fish-man and the (Zodiacal) ram,

who carry weapons that spare not, who fear not the battle,

insolent of heart, unconquerable by the enemy.

Moreover that she might create (?) eleven such-like monsters,

among the gods, her sons, whom she had summoned together,

she raised up Kingu, and magnified him among them:

'To march before the host, be that thy duty!

Order the weapons to be uplifted and the onset of battle!'

That he might be the first in the conflict, the leader in