Overthrow all and conquer all of them.
Akkad, it will be recalled, is a name for Babylonia. The triumph of Babylon is foretold in these lines. The Akkadian is, therefore, none other than Hammurabi, who succeeds in obtaining the supremacy over the entire Euphrates Valley, and whose successors for many centuries claimed control of the four quarters of the world.
It is evident from this 'prophecy' that the Dibbarra legend received its final shape under influences emanating from Babylon, precisely as we found to be the case in the 'creation' story and in the Gilgamesh epic. The hostility that precedes the coming of Hammurabi points to the violence of the conflicts in which that warrior was engaged, while the exaggeration of this hostility shows how strong and permanent the impression of Hammurabi's achievements must have been. The designation of the conqueror as the Akkadian gives him to a certain extent the character of a Messiah, who is to inaugurate an era of peace, and whose coming will appease the grim Dibbarra. It is by no means impossible that Hebrew and Christian conceptions of a general warfare which is to precede the golden age of peace are influenced by the Babylonian legend under consideration.
Dibbarra gives his consent to Ishum's plan:
Go, Ishum, carry out the word thou hast spoken in accordance with thy desire.
Ishum proceeds to do so. The mountain Khi-khi is the first to be attacked.
Ishum directed his countenance to the mountain Khi-khi.
The god Sibi,[1054] a warrior without rival,
Stormed behind him.
The warrior[1055] arrived at the mountain Khi-khi.