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-nir[2] 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 Babylon[4]

14 very much they wept.

15 And in the midst

(The rest is wanting.)

[Footnote 1: Lacunæ.]

[Footnote 2: The god of "no rule," or lawlessness.]

[Footnote 3: The builders continued to build.]

[Footnote 4: Lamentations of the gods for the Babylonians.]

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