your body, so that you bathe in [your own blood] as if in water. 53. (464) May the Seven gods, the warrior gods, cause your downfall with their fierce weapons. 54. (466) May [ … ] hand you over to a man-eating lion. 55. (469) May Ishtar [of … ], Ishtar [ … of] Carche-mish put a severe … into your heart, so that your blood dribbles down to the ground like rain. 56. (472) May the great gods of heaven and earth, who inhabit the world, all those that are named in this tablet, strike you down, look with
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