gu- 2 kam_
22. A melody with prostrations. Second section.

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23. _me-gal sag-bi_(_63_)_ ba-ra-an-e-a-as gu-gig-ga nu-mal_(_64_)_-as_
23. The meaning of the great decrees they have glorified. Sorrowful words
they restrain not.

24. _gis-gi-gal-bi-im_(65)
24. This is its antiphon.

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25. _uru u-mu-un-bi sag ba-da-an-dib-ba_
25. The city whose lord is distressed,(66)

26. _en-su la-ba-si-gur-ru sug_(_67_)_-am-bi nu- um- im me_
26. Until when shall it not return (to its rest)? Until when shall its
"How long" not be spoken?

27. _sig-bi a-na-su gir-ib-ta-an-gar_
27. Why are its brick walls trodden underfoot?

28. _tu(gu) za-pa-ag ma-ma-bi ab-ta ib-ta- an-dal_
28. The doves screaming flew from their nests.

29. _e ? zu sig nar-balag ag-zi-ba_(68)
29. The temple ... the sweet voiced flute,

30. ... _be-in-gi_
30.

31. Entirely destroyed.
31.

32. _e du- na_(69)
32. The temple violently....

33. _e ni-nu-tuk-gim si-ga_....
33. The temple like one without reverence....

34. _ag-me-bi nu-azag-azag-ga_
34. Its regulations unholy ones....

35. _su-lug-bi kur-kur-ra nu-ub-da-sug_(_70_)_-a-gim_
35. Its cult of ablutions like those which had not been chosen above those
of all lands

36. _su-be-in-kal tug-ni ib-ta-an-zig_
36. He has demolished, its wealth he seized away.

37. _ag-gig-ur-ra a a-se-ra mu-un-di_
37. In misery of soul how long shall I utter lament?

38. _ta-se_(_71_)_ egir na-am-ga-lim_(_72_)_ du-a la-ba-an-kalag_
38. Why after the destruction has been done is it not respected?

39. _ag-el-du-a-gim gur-ri_(_73_)_ zag-be-in-bi_
39. As one who accomplishes pure things this one has uttered a curse:--

40. _sig-bi pa-e a-na-as ib-ta-an-e_
40. "Why rise her brick-walls in effulgent glory?"

REVERSE, COL. I

1. _gig-an-bil_(_74_)_-ba sag-ba er be-in-[zi-em]_
1. Night and day within her wailing is made.

2. _a-se kur ag-gig be-ib-aga-a_
2. Now the stranger has wrought insult.

3. _u-mu-un-bi im-gul-am su-bi be-in-gi-am_(75)
3. Its lord like a storm wind _their hands have removed_(?)

4. _uru-bi e-bi in-gul-gul-am_
4. Their city, their temple, he has destroyed.

5. _ur-bi in-sir-ra-am sitim_(_76_)_-e-ne in-ra-am_
5. Its foundation he laid waste, the skilled workmen he transported.

6. _dam dumu-bi sag-ba mi-ni-in-dig-ga-am_
6. Wife and child