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36 THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS AND TEE 0. T.
passage in the cylinder reads thus :— col. Ill, line 49 foil. :
49. Pa-an ni-ri-ja u-tir-ma 50. a-na mS,t Bit-Ja-kin
as-sa-bat har-ra-nu. 51. Su-u Mar-duk-abal-
iddi-na sa i-na a-lak 52. gir-ri-ja mah-ri-i
apikta-su as-ku-nu-ma 53. u-par-ri-ru 11-lat-
su, ri-gim kakkt-ja dan-nu-ti 54. u ti-ip taha-
zi-ja Iz-zi i-dur-ma 55. ili ma-§al m^ti-§u i-na
ki-ku-su-nu id-ki-ma, ki-rib Ilippi 56. u-sar-kibma
a-na Ir Na-gi-tl-Ra-ak-ki 57. sa ka-bal tiS,m-
tiv is-su-ri§ ip-pa-ris. Ahl-su zir bit abi-su
58. §a u-ma-§l-ru a-hi tiam-tiv a-di si-it-ti niSi
35lm^ti-§u 59. ul-tu mat Bit-Ja-kin ki-rib na,r
a-gam-ml u ap-pa-ra-ti 60. u- sl-sa-am-ma §al-
la-ti§ am-nu u-tir-ma lrani-§u ab-bul 61. ag-gur
u-§i-§ib kar-mi. I'li bil sa-li-mi-§u 62. avil mS.t
I'lamti na-mur-r a-tuv at-bu-uk. 63. I-na ta-ai-
ar-ti-ja A§ur-na-din-§um abal ri§-tu-u 64.
tar-bit bir-ki-ja i-na kusst bl-lu-ti-§u u-§i-sibma
65. rapa§-tuv m§,t Sumiri u Akkadi u-§ad-gil
pa-nu-u§-§u i. e. "50. I turned and took my way to
the land Beth - Jakin. 5 1 . That Merodach - Baladan on
whom I 52. in my first military expedition inflicted a defeat
and 53. whose force I had broken in pieces, dreaded the
onset of my powerful weapons 54. and the shock of my
mighty battle. 55. The gods, the protection (?) of his land,
he gathered in their shrines, 56. shipped them on vessels
and took himself off to the city Nagitl-Rakki *, 57. which
is in the midst of the sea, like a bird. His brothers who
belonged to the house of his father, 58. whom he left
behind on the shore of the sea, together with the remaining
* According to Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies ? p. 324, Nagiti-in-
swamp.