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 3. in I purified?

4. On a tablet the evil curse of man he carved?

5. I called the worshippers and sent,

6. seven in width and seven in depth I arranged them.

7. I gave them noble reeds? (pipes?)

8. I worshipped also the great gods

9. Ishtar,, Zamama, Anunitu

10. Nebo Shamas the warrior,

11. the gods listened to my doings

12. he did not give and

13. thus I said in my heart:

14. Now here am I and

15. let there not ground

16. let there not

17. may I go as I trust in Bel my heart,

18. and my iron may I take.

19. In the first year in the course of it

20. one hundred and twenty thousand men I sent out and among them,

21. one of them did not return.

22. In the second year in the course of it, ninety thousand the same.

23. In the third year in the course of it, sixty thousand seven hundred the same.

24. They were rooted out they were punished, I eat,

25. I rejoiced, I made a rest.

26. Thus I said in my heart now here am I and

27. at this time what is left?