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Plain text of Ishbi-Erra and Kindattu (Ishbi-Erra B)

Segment A

1-7 ... to introduce ... At left and right was a crouching lion. ... at the command of the Lord. ... to reduce the city to ruin-mounds. He determined ...; the Lord is its ally!

9-10 The Lord ... went forth.

Segment B

1-10 He gave him ..., not implementing his strength. ... in princely style. He approached the enemy like a snake spitting venom and gall. He wiped ... in the ... of Sumer. ... Larsa, ... in the plain of Urim. ... great ... did not escape his power. The great mass of the enemy. Ishbi-Erra.

11-15 He fell.

Segment C

1-13 With the city ... Marhashi ... the foreign lands ... From Bashimi by the edge of the sea ... to the edge of Zabshali ..., and from Arawa, the bolt of Elam ... to the edge of Marhashi ... Kindattu, the man of Elam. Isin, the great spindle of heaven and earth. The king's battle did not ... The battle of Elam ... Sumer. ... by the edge of the sea. ... the land of Huhnuri. ... the wild animals and four-footed ... The king ... in the battle.

Segment D

1-5 ... a great chariot. The king ... Isin. ... a just verdict. Ishbi-Erra.

10-14 ... The people. Like small birds, ... the barley. ... the orchards.

Segment E

1-9 ... to return. He put its gold and precious belongings into sacks. As for Zinnum, who escaped from them, God is their overseer. He was fed at the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris and the Kir-sig and Kish watercourses. He died of thirst, persecuted by ghosts in the dry desert. The news was brought to Kindattu, the man of Elam. Anshan cried out to Simashki, and he approached the mountains. He addressed the assembly of his army.

11-12 God has endowed my Ishbi-Erra, the cultivator, with great strength.