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SECOND BOOK OF KINGS XV. 253
si8t*-su-nu [mun]-t ah-si-su-na-si kasti . . . .
sal-lat (?).... 5 bar(?) ka-ba-bi as-ma-
tahazi-
su-nu-ti-ma ri-1 ina kat^ u (?)-bi- . . .
su-nu . . . (?). II. C. XXVI . . 6. . . dir(?). Su-u
a-na su-zu-ub napsati-su i-[di-]nu-u§-su ippar-si-id-ma.
... 7 (?) abulia Iri-su Iru-ub
avil SAK. KAL. (Plur.) -su bal-tu-us-su-nu . . . (?)
8. . . , [i-na] za-ki-pa-a-ni u-si-li-ma u-sad-gi-la
mat-su XL A. AN. V .sabi us-ma-ni VI.C.LV. RAK (?)
. . . 9. . . at iri-su ak-sur-ma kima issur ku-up-
pi I-sir-§u; kirt-su XIII. M. V. C. XX(X?) 10.
. . . . n u (?) - p a-a-tl sa ni-i-ba la i-su-u ak-kisma
isti-ln ul 1-zib a-di m ar-si-ti-su-nu ... 11.
. . . ha-a-da-ra bit abi-su sa Ra-sun-ni mat Gar-
Imiri-su-ai sadi-1 mar-su-ti 12 [Ir]
Sa-am-'-al-l a (?) al-vi ak-sud VIII. C. nisi a-di
mar-§i-ti-§u-nu Mi-ti-in-ti mat As(?)-[ka-lu-na-
aij . . . . 13. . . . alpi (?)-§u-nu s i-l-ni-§u-n u a§-
lu-la VII. C. L. sal-la-at ir Ku-ru-us(z)-s(z)a-a
it-ti ja pur t a (?)... 14. ... ir (?) Ir-ma-ai. V.
C. L. sal-la-at Ir Ml-tu(?)-na as-lu-la V. C. . . .
irt i-mur sa [? ma XI?) lu(?) ib] ... 15 sa
XVI na-gi-i sa mat Gar-imiri-su ki-ma til 262
a-bu-bi I-[zib-ma]** Bit Ha-at-ti ra-ma-ni 16.
...Sa-am-si sar-rat mat A-ri-bi sa ma-mit
Sa-mas ti-ti-ku-ma Ru-u-kib-tu abal i.e. 72,3.
the charioteers their .... 1 broke to pieces ... 4.
* On the representation of the ideogram for "horse" by sisii = D^Q,
V^joaiff , see Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies? p. 110.
** I should now be disposed so to restore and read the injured
passage.