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33. And thus the god

34. I also

35. and thus

36. He heard also

37. he turned

38. The god of noble face

39. to Anu

Such are the fragments of the story so far as they can be translated at present. The divine Zu here mentioned whose sin is spoken of is never counted among the gods, and there would be no clue to his nature were it not for a curious tablet printed in "Cuneiform Inscriptions," vol. iv. p. 14, from which it appears that he was in the likeness of a bird of prey. This tablet gives the following curious relation:

1. The god Sarturda (the lesser king) to a country a place remote [went],

2. in the land of Sabu [he dwelt].

3. His mother had not placed him and had not

4. his father had not placed him and with him did not [go],

5. the strength of his knowledge

6. From the will of his heart a resolution he did not

7. In his own heart a resolution he made,

8. to the likeness of a bird he changed,