The treasures of Babylon carry off as booty.
Ishum continues his narrative:
The royal host was gathered together and entered the city.
The bow was strung, the sword unsheathed.
Thou didst blunt[1048] (?) the weapons of the soldiers,
The servitors of Anu and Dagan.
Their blood thou caused to flow like torrents of water through the city's highways.
Thou didst tear open their intestines, and cause the stream to carry them off.
Dagan is here used for Bel,[1049] and the phrase 'servitors of Anu and Dagan' embraces the inhabitants of Babylon. Marduk, the lord of Babylon, is enraged at the sight, but apparently is powerless.
The great lord Marduk saw it and cried "Alas!"