the pit-u-dal-ti at the gates, And masari patrol and guard the streets!

And through the breach her furious foemen pour: A wall of steel withstands the onset fierce, But thronging Elam's spears the lines soon pierce, A band of chosen men there fight to die, Before their enemies disdain to fly; The masari within the breach thus died, And with their dying shout the foe defied.

[Footnote 5: "Masari," guards of the great gates of the city, etc.]

[Footnote 22: "Masari," guards of the palace, etc.]

The sukhu-li and masari rush in: "What trouble, Sar? have foes here come within?" Then searching around they in his chamber rush, And eagerly aside the curtains push.

[Footnote 3: "Masari," guards of the palace.]

COLUMN IV THE FIGHT WITH THE WINGED BULL OF ANU The gods appear above to watch the fight, And Erech's masari rush in affright To Izdubar, who sits upon his throne, Before him fall in speechless terror prone.