20. Thou didst love also Isullanu the husbandman of thy father, 21. who continually was subject to thy order, 22. and every clay delighted in thy portion. 23. In thy taking him also thou didst turn cruel, 24. Isullanu thy cruelty resisted, 25. and thy hand was brought out and thou didst strike? . . . . 26. Isullanu said to thee: 27. To me why dost thou come 28. mother thou wilt not be and I do not eat, 29. of eaten food for beauty? and charms? p. 221 30. trembling and faintness overcome me 31. Thou hearest this . . . . 32. thou didst strike him, and to a pillar? thou didst change him, 33. thou didst place him in the midst of the ground. . . . 34. he riseth not up, he goeth not . . . . 35. And me thou dost love, and like to them thou [wilt serve me]. 36. Ishtar on her hearing this, 37. Ishtar was angry and to heaven she ascended, 38. and Ishtar went to the presence of Anu her father, 39. to the presence of Anatu her mother she went and said: 40. Father, Izdubar hates me, and Column III. 1. Izdubar despises my beauty, 2. my beauty and my charms. 3. Anu opened his mouth and spake, and 4. said to the princess Ishtar: 5. My daughter thou shalt remove . . . . . 6. and Izdubar will count thy beauty, 7. thy beauty and thy charms. 8. Ishtar opened her mouth and spake, and 9. said to Anu her father: p. 222 10. My father, create a divine bull and 11. Izdubar . . . . 12. when he is filled . . . . 13. I will strike . . . . 14. I will join . . . . 15. . . . . u. . . . . 16. over . . . 17. Anu opened his mouth and spake, and 18. said to the princess Ishtar: 19. . . . . thou shalt join . . . . 20. . . . . of noble names 21. . . . . mashi . . . . 22. . . . . which is magnified . . . . 23. Ishtar opened her mouth and spake, and 24. said to Anu her father: 25. . . . . I will strike 26. . . . . I will break 27. . . . . of noble names 28. . . . . reducer 29. . . . . of foods 30. . . . . of him (Some lines lost here.) Column IV. (Some lines lost.) 1. . . . . warriors 2. . . . . to the midst 3. . . . . three hundred warriors p. 223 4. . . . . to the midst 5. . . . . slay Heabani 6. in two divisions he parted in the midst of it 7. two hundred warriors . . . . made, the divine bull. . . 8. in the third division . . . . his horns 9. Heabani struck? his might 10. and Heabani pierced . . . . joy . . . . 11. the divine bull by his head he took hold of . . . . 12. the length of his tail . . . . 13. Heabani opened his mouth and spake, and 14. said to Izdubar: 15. Friend we will stretch out . . . . 16. then we will overthrow . . . . 17. and the might . . . . 18. may it . . . . (Three lines lost.) 22. . . . . hands . . . . to Vul and Nebo 23. . . . . tarka . . . . um . . . . 24. . . . . Heabani took hold . . . . the divine bull 25. . . . . he . . . . also . . . . by his tail 26. . . . . Heabani Column V. 1. And Izdubar like a . . . . 2. . . . . might and . . . . p. 224 3. in the vicinity of the middle of his horns and. . . . 4. from the city he destroyed, the heart . . . . 5. to the presence of Shamas . . . . 6. he had extended to the presence of Shamas. . . . . 7. he placed at the side the bulk . . . . 8. And Ishtar ascended unto the wall of Erech Suburi, 9. destroyed the covering and uttered a curse: 10. I curse Izdubar who dwells here, and the winged bull has slain. 11. Heabani heard the speech of Ishtar, 12. and he cut off the member of the divine bull and before her threw it; 13. I answer it, I will take thee and as in this 14. I have heard thee, 15. the curse I will turn against thy side. 16. Ishtar gathered her maidens 17. Samhati and Harimati, 18. and over the member of the divine bull a. mourning she made. 19. Izdubar called on the people . . . . 20. all of them, 21. and the weight of his horns the young men took, 22. 30 manas of zamat stone within them, 23. the sharpness of the points was destroyed, 24. 6 gurs its mass together. p. 225 25. To the ark of his god Sarturda he dedicated it; 26. he took it in and worshipped at his fire; 27. in the river Euphrates they washed their hands, 28. and they took and went 29. round the city of Erech riding, 30. and the assembly of the chiefs of Erech marked it. 31. Izdubar to the inhabitants of Erech 32. . . . . a proclamation made. Column VI. 1. Any one of ability among the chiefs, 2. Any one noble among men, 3. Izdubar is able among the chiefs, 4. Izdubar is noble among men, 5. . . . . placed hearing 6. . . . . vicinity, not of the inhabitants 7. . . . . him. 8. Izdubar in his palace made a rejoicing, 9. the chiefs reclining on couches at night, 10. Heabani lay down, slept, and a dream he dreamed. 11. Heabani spake and the dream he explained, 12. and said to Izdubar. Tablet VII. The seventh tablet opens with the words, Friend why do the gods take council. I am uncertain if I have found any other portion of this tablet, but I have provisionally placed here part of a remarkable p. 226 fragment, with a continuation of the story of Ishtar. It appears that this goddess, failing in her attempt in heaven to avenge herself on Izdubar for his slight, resolved to descend to hell, to search out, if possible, new modes of attacking him. Columns I. and II. are lost, the fragments recommencing on column III. Column III.
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