the
end. For these reasons and because of the general impression which the
lines leave with the present interpreter, he classifies this text as the
product of a scholastic liturgist of the Ur or Isin period whose work was
not incorporated into the corpus of the official breviary.

OBVERSE

1. _zabar aga-[zu?] im-gur-gur-ri_
1. Oh pure one thy(?) crown overawes.

2. _til-igi-da_(_201_)_-zu ... im-bi-bi-ri_
2. Thy proceeding arrow scatters the....

3. _zid_(_202_)_-gu-sig sugur-su-lal (ga)-da ... -kur_....
3. Meal of the ... bean to the beared skate-fish thou givest to eat.

4. _eg ga sig eg-eg ga su-lum-ma-gim im-bul-_[...]--
4. She that gives fish to the stream, in the streams fish (as numerous) as
dates she causes to dart about.

5. _gud-dam ra e-sir unug-(ki)-ga-ge sar-am mu-na-ab(?)- ... us_
5. Rushing like an ox in the street of Erech like a multitude(?) he
followed(203)

6. _sar-ra gis-KU-A_(_204_)_ mu-na-an-dur-ru-ne-es_
6. Multitudinously in the habitations they dwelled.

7. _sattam-a-ni lugal gab-gal_(_205_)_ ki-gub-bu-ne ba-ra-e_
7. Her precentor,(206) the defender king, whither they go, went up.

8. _ugnim-e igi-im- ma- an- sig_
8. The hosts of peoples she beholds.

9. _nar-e li-du-a su-i-ni-in-gi ub_(_207_)_ su-na be-in-sub_
9. The singer refuses to chant and from his hand has thrown the drum.

10. _ni_(_208_)_-nag-a-zu ni-nag-a-zu_
10. Thou drinkest not; thou drinkest not.

11. _a_(_209_)_ nu-e-nag amas-zu um-mi-ni-nag_
11. Water thou drinkest not, but thy sheepfolds drink.

12. _ni-nag-a-zu ni-nag-a-zu_
12. Thou drinkest not; thou drinkest not.

13. _kas nu-e-nag us_(_210_)_-zu um-mu-ni-nag_
13. Beer thou drinkest not, but thy proteges drink.

14. _gud-dam e_(_211_)_ e-sir unug-(ki)-ga-ge sar-am ma-ra-mi-u-us_
14. Like an ox going forth in the streets of Erech like a multitude(?) he
pursues thee.

15. _sar-ra-am gis-KU-A ma-ra-dur-ru-ne-es_
15. In multitudes they have taken up their abodes in the habitations.

16. _men_(_212_)_ a-na-ag-en sal-e ma-a ma-an-dug-ga sal-un-ne_(_213_)_
men-ne-en_
16. As for me what shall I do? I who have bestowed care. A sacred devotee
I am.

17. _gud-dam e ib-tag-ra be-in-ra ni-zu_(_214_)_ e-ne-ib-us_
17. Coming forth like an ox, _hastening in destructive fury_ he came; even
thee thyself he pursued.

18. _sar-ur a nam-ur-sag-ga-mu su-nu-um-ma-ti_
18. The _sar-ur_ weapon, arm