K. 3588.
Column I.
- 1. ....
—–———–———–———– - 2. Hea-bani (his mouth opened and spake and)
- 3. said to ....
- 4. I went (?) ....
- 5. in the ....
- 6. the door ....
- 7. of ....
- 8 and 9. ....
- 10. in ....
- 11. Hea-bani ..........
- 12. with the door .... thy ...
- 13. the door on its sides does not ...
- 14. the creation of her ears they are not ...
- 15. for twenty kaspu (140 miles) I climbed up ...
- 16. as far as the pine tree a shrub (?) I had seen ...
- 17. thy tree (?) has not another ...
- 18. Six gars (120 feet) is thy height, two gars (40 feet) is thy breadth ....
- 19. thy street, thy blackness (?) thy rain ...
- 20. I made thee, I raised thee in the city of Nipur ....
- 21. yea I knew thy door like this ...
- 22. and this ...
- 23. I raised its face, I ...
- 24. I will fill thy bank (?) .....
- 25. .....
- 26. for he took ...
- 27. the pine tree, the cedar, ...
- 28. in its cover ...
- 29. thou also ....
- 30. may take ...
- 31. in the collection of everything ...
- 32. a great destruction ...
- 33. the whole of the trees ..
- 34. in thy land of the tree manubani ...
- 35. thy bush? is not strong ...
- 36. thy shadow is not great ...
- 37. and thy smell is not agreeable ...
—–———–———–———– - 38. The manubani tree was angry ...
- 39. made a likeness?
- 40. like the tree ...
- ......
The second, third, fourth and fifth columns appear to be entirely absent, the inscription reappearing on a fragment of the sixth column.
Column II.
(Many lines lost.)
- 1. The dream which I saw ....
- 2. the tops of the mountain ....
- 3. ... he struck ....
- 4. he struck when thy royal raiment ....
- 5. he begat also in ....
- 6. He recounted to his friend Hea-bani the dream ...
- 7. My friend, the good omen of the dream ....
- 8. the dream was deceptive ....
- 9. My friend, the mountain which thou didst see ....
- 10. when I captured Khumbaba we ....
- 11. ... of his helpers Nitakh-garri ....
- 12. at the time of dawn ....
—–———–———–———– - 13. For twenty kaspu they journeyed a stage
- 14. at thirty kaspu they fixed
- 15. in the presence of Samas they dug out a pit (?) ....
- 16. Izdubar ascended also over ....
- 17. by the side of his house he crossed over ....
- 18. ... he brought the dream ....
- 19. he made it and the god ....
Column III.
- 1. ... he brought the dream ....
- 2. he made it and the god ....
- 3. ... turban? ....
- 4. he cast him down and ....
- 5. the mountain like corn of the field ....
- 6. Izdubar at the destruction (?) set up ....
- 7. Anatu the troubler of men upon him struck,
- 8. and in the struggle his going he stayed.
- 9. He spake and said to his friend:
- 10. My friend thou dost not ask me why I am naked,
- 11. thou dost not inquire of me why I am spoiled,
- 12. because the god passed over, wherefore my limbs are hot.
- 13. My friend I saw a third dream;
- 14. that dream which I saw entirely disappeared.
- 15. They prayed; the god thunders on the ground.
- 16. He burnt up the exit of the darkness;
- 17. the lightning struck; a fire was kindled;
- 18. .... they took away; it rained death.
- 19. The glow also (disappeared), the fire sank,
- 20. .... they struck; it turned to a palm tree,
- 21. in the desert also thy lord took (his) path (?).
- 22. And Hea-bani his dream considered; he said to Izdubar:
- 23. .... Samas thy lord, the creator ....
The fourth and fifth columns of this tablet are lost. This part of the legend appears to refer to the illness of Izdubar.