But then brothers divide it upon inheritance. Tablet X, Column vi Source Myths from Mesopotamia edited and translated by Stephanie Dalley. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989. Copyright Stephanie Dalley 1989. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press.
Square brackets indicate short gaps in text due to damage of tablet clay.
Text inside brackets is restored, often from parallel versions. Square brackets enclosing round brackets indicate uncertainty as to whether or not there is a gap in the text. . . . A question mark indicates a possible but unconfirmed reading. The Late Version text from Babylonia dates from between 612 BCE and the end of the Selucid era.