33. thou didst place him also in the midst of the land ....
34. that he rise not up, that he go not ....
35. And as for me dost thou love me, and like to him wilt thou [serve me]? —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–—
37. Istar was angry and to heaven she ascended;
38. Istar went also to the presence of Anu her father,
39. to the presence of Anatu her mother she went and says:
2. my beauty and my charms. —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–—
7. thy beauty and thy charms. —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–—
10. My father, create the bull of Anu[20] and
16. over .... —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–—
22. .... which is magnified .... —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–—
23. Istar opened her mouth and spake, and
6. in two divisions he parted in the midst of it
7. two hundred warriors .... made, the bull of Anu ....
11. the bull of Anu by his head he took hold of ....
12. by the thickness of his tail .... —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–—
13. Hea-bani opened his mouth and spake, and
25. .... Hea-bani took hold .... the bull of Anu
3. in the vicinity of the middle of his horns ....
4. from the city they destroyed, the heart ....
6. they had gone to the presence of Samas ....
7. he placed at the side the bulk (?) .... —–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–———–—
8. And Istar ascended over the fortress of Erech the lofty,
9. she destroyed the bull, she uttered a curse:
10. Woe to Izdubar who has overthrown me, has slain the bull of Anu.
11. Hea-bani also heard this speech of Istar,
12. and he cut off the member of the bull of Anu and before her he laid it;
13. And what of it? since I conquered thee when him also (_i.e._ Izdubar)
15. its skin also I have hung up at thy side.
18. over the member of the bull of Anu a mourning she made.
19. Izdubar called on the people, the multitude
21. with the thickness of his horns the young men were glorious,
22. 30 manehs of crystal (was) their substance,
23. the sharpness of the points was destroyed,
25. For the food of his god Lugal-turda he cut it up;
26. he seethed it and hangs it up in the rising of his fire;
27. in the river Euphrates they washed their hands.
30. the assembly of the warriors of Erech put trust in them.
1. “If anyone is of ability among the chiefs,