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 claws, like the claws of lions. The greater part of the description of the dream is lost; it probably occupied columns I. and II. of the second tablet. Thinking that the dream portended some fate to himself, Izdubar calls on all the wise men to explain it, and offers a reward to any one who can interpret the dream. Here the fragment Ii 3389 comes in:

Column III.

1. . . . . ru kili I. . . . 2. . . . . he and the princes may he. . . 3. . . . . in the vicinity send him, 4. . . . . may they ennoble his family, 5. . . . . at the head of his feast may he set thee 6. . . . . may he array thee in jewels and gold 7. . . . . may he enclose thee 8. . . . . in his. . . . seat thee 9. into the houses of the gods may he cause thee to enter 10. . . . . seven wives 11. . . . . cause illness in his stomach 12. . . . . went up alone 13. . . . . his heaviness to his friend 14. . . . . a dream I dreamed in my sleep 15. . . . . the stars of heaven fell to the earth 16. . . . . I stood still 17. . . . . his face 18. . . . . his face was terrible 19. . . . . like the claws of a lion, were his claws 20. . . . . the strength in me