Ancient texts / The 'Tower of Babel' Tablet

The 'Tower of Babel' Tablet Column IV

W. St. Chad Boscawen, 1876 · Public domain · about this text

1In (that day)

2he blew and ...

3For future time the mountain ...

4Nu-nam-nir went ...

5Like heaven and earth he spake ...

6His ways they went ...

7Violently they fronted against him

8He saw them and to the earth (descended)

9When a stop he did not make

10of the gods ...

11Against the gods they revolted

12... violence ...

13Violently they wept for Babylon

14very much they wept.

15And in the midst

The rest is wanting.

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Editorial restorations by the translator are in [square brackets]; “…” and italic notes mark where the tablet is broken. Bracketed scene-headings are the translator's, not part of the text.