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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon

CHAPTER VIII
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He lined the other side of the Euphrates with brick.

He made a bridge ( ?) over the Euphrates, but did not finish its buttresses ( ?).

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(the name of a place) he made with bricks burnt as hard as stones, by the help of the great Lord Merodach, a way (for) a branch of the Shimat to the waters of the Yapur-Shapu, the great reservoir of Babylon, opposite to the gate of Nin.
"The _Ingur-Bel_ and the _Nimiti-Bel_--the great double wall of Babylon--I finished.

With two long embankments of brick and mortar I built the sides of its ditch.


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