Many lines lost at the commencement.
- 1. The serpent in ...
- 2. I gave a command (?) .....
- 3. to the eagle .....
- 4. Again the nest .....
- 5. my nest I have left in .....
- 6. the assembly? of my people .....
- 7. I went down and entered:
- 8. the sentence which Samas has pronounced on me .....
- 9. the ear of corn (?) which Samas thy field the earth ....
- 10. this thy fruit ....
- 11. in thy field let me not ....
- 12. the doing of evil the goddess Bahu (Gula) ....
- 13. The sorrow of the serpent [Samas saw and]
- 14. Samas opened his mouth and a word he spoke:
- 15. Go, along the way pass ....
- 16. he covered thee ....
- 17. open also his heart ....
- 18. .... he placed (?) ....
- 19. .... birds of heaven ....
Reverse.
- 1. The eagle with them ....
- 2. the god? had known ....
- 3. he descended, the flesh he ....
- 4. to cover the ....
- 5. to the midst at his entering ....
- 6. the cutting off of the feathers of his wings ....
- 7. his claws? and his pinions to ....
- 8. death by hunger and thirst ....
- 9. for the work of Samas the warrior, the serpent ....
- 10. he took also the serpent ....
- 11. he opened also his heart ....
- 12. seat he placed ....
- 13. peace the birds of heaven ....
- 14. May the eagle ....
- 15. with the young of the birds ....
- 16. The eagle opened his mouth ....
- Five other mutilated lines.
On another fragment are the following few words:—
Obverse.
- 1. .... fierce to him also ....
- 2. .... the god (?) my father ....
- 3. like Etana thy death ....
- 4. like thee ....
- 5. the god Etana the king ....
- 6. they stripped him in ....
Reverse.
- 1. Within the gate of Anu, Bel (and Hea)
- 2. they are established ....
- 3. within the gate of Sin, Samas, Rimmon, and ....
- 4. .... I opened ....
- 5. its ... I devastated ....
- 6. .... in the midst ....
- 7. the king ....
- 8. the god also ....
- 9. I overshadowed the throne ....
- 10. I took (?) also ....
- 11. to the great one also I have explained (?) ....
- 12. The eagle to him also even to Etana ....
- 13. his .... the mouth ....
- 14. may thy city submit ....
The next fragment, K 2606, is curious, as containing an account of some early legendary story in Babylonian history. This tablet formed the third in the series, and from it we gain part of the title of the tablets.