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 5. the gods of heaven and earth all there were who thus answered

6. his will which was like the will of Anu who

7. extending from the horizon of heaven to the top of heaven

8. looked and his fear he saw

9. Anu who hand? over him made

10. of Hea his calamity made

11. strong to later days to

12. sin of mankind

13. triumphantly the net  he broke

14. to heaven he ascended, she thus

15. 4,021 people he placed

16. the illness which was on the body of the people he placed

17. the illness the goddess of Karrak made to cease

The next portion of the legend is a considerable part of one of the tablets, probably the fourth, all four columns of writing being represented. There are many curious points in this tablet, beside the special purpose of the legend, such as the peoples enumerated in the fourth column, the action of the gods of the various cities, &c.

1. his  thou dost not sweep away

2. thou turnest his troop

3. dwelling