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The singer utters no wail,

By the side of the city he (utters) no lament. (30)

Ninsikilla says to her fatherT' Enki:

«The city thou hast given, the city thou hast given,

thy...,

Dilmun, the city thou hast given, the city (thou hast

given, thy ...), Has not... of the river;

Dilmun, the city thou hast given, the city (thou hast given, thy...),

... furrowed fgelds(and) farms,»1. (40)

Father Enki answers Ninsikilla, his daughter]: «Let Utu2E standing in

heaven], From the..., the breast of his ..], From the... of Nanna],»

From the <mouth whence issues the water of the earth‫ﻭ‬g

bring thee sweet water from the earthl; Let him bring up the water into thy

large..., Let him make thy city drink from it the waters of abundance,

(Let him make) Dilmun (drink from it) the waters of abfundance),

Let thy well of bitter water bccome a well of sweet water,

[Let thy furrowed fgelds(and) frams

bear thee grain],» (43a)

Let thy city become the banl-quaya

house of die land ,@# (50)

Now Utu is a ..٠» Utu standing in heaven, From the.,., the breast of his...,

From the ... of Nanna,

From the «mouth whence issues the water of the earth,»

brought her sweet water fgomthe earth; He brings up the water into her

large Makes her city drink from it the waters of abundance, Makes Dilmun

(drink from it) the waters

of ab(undance), Her well of bitter water, verily it is become a well

of sweet water, (60)

Her furrowed fgelds(and) famrs bore her grain, Her city, verily it is become

the banl-quay house of the land

Dilmun, (verily it is become) the banlquay) house

(of the land), Now Utu is... ;» verily it was so. Who is alone, before the wise

Nintu, the mother of the land,».

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