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Babylonian and Assyrian Literature

by Epiphanius Wilson

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Column IV [Footnote: Relates to the Destruction of the Tower by a Storm.]

1 In (that day) 2 he blew and …[1] 3 For future time the mountain …[1] 4 Nu-nam-nir2 went …[1] 5 Like heaven and earth he spake …[1] 6 His ways they went …[1] 7 Violently they fronted against him [3] 8 He saw them and to the earth (descended) 9 When a stop he did not make 10 of the gods …[1] 11 Against the gods they revolted 12 …[1] violence …[1] 13 Violently they wept for Babylon4 14 very much they wept. 15 And in the midst

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Notes

1 Lacunæ.

2 The god of “no rule,” or lawlessness.

3 The builders continued to build.

4 Lamentations of the gods for the Babylonians.

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