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1. mu

2. thy

3. me, return

4. the birds shall rend him

5. in thy presence

6. of the forest of pine trees

7. all the battle

8. may the birds of prey surround him

9. that, his carcass may they destroy

10. to me and we will appoint thee king,

11. thou shalt direct after the manner of a king

12. [Izdubar] opened his mouth and spake,

13. and said to Heabani:

14. he goes to the great palace

15. the breast of the great queen

16. knowledge, everything he knows

17. establish to our feet

18. his hand

19. I to the great palace

20. the great queen

It was this fragment, which gives part of the conversation between Heabani and Izdubar previous to the attack on Humbaba, which led me to the opinion that Izdubar was not yet king of Babylonia, for