[iii.8] they captured. Thus the king could not cross, Nabû did not come,

[iii.7] the Aramaeans were belligerent, and Bab-nibiri ("Gate of the Crossing") of Kar-bel-matati

[iii.6] nor Bêl come out. In the month Nisannu, in the eighth year of Nabû-mukin-apli, the king,

[iii.5] so that the king could not come up to Babylon. Neither did Nabû come

[iii.4] was seen in Bab-bêliya^[3] and killed. In the month Nisannu, in the seventh year, the Aramaeans were belligerent,

[iii.3] In the month Ajaru a deer, which no one had seen enter the city

Translation of Column 3

[iii.1] [lacuna]
...

[iii.2] In the month Ajaru a wolf ... was lurting. He was seen and killed.

[iii.9] and Bêl did not come out. The king did not offer the sacrifices of the Akitu festival in Esagil.

[iii.19] On the twenty-first day of the month Šabatu, in the twenty-sixth year of Nabû-mukin-apli, the king, Adad thundered, his fire ...

[iii.18] of Nabû was seen. ... upon ... Nabû in the meat was seen

[iii.17] was seen to move. A demon in the bed chambers

[iii.16] the genius, which stands in the right-hand side of the door of the shrine of ...

[iii.15] Bêl did not come out nor did Nabû come. In the twenty-fourth (-fifth, -sixth?) year of Nabû-mukin-apli, the king, 

[iii.14] Bêl did not come out nor did Nabû come. For nine years in succession

[iii.13] was seen and killed. In the twentieth year of Nabû-mukin-apli, the king,

[iii.12] in the western quarter on the eighth orchard

[iii.11] In the month Du'ûzu, in the sixteenth year, a lion which no one saw^[12] enter the city

[iii.10] In the month Nisannu, in the nineteenth year of Nabû-mukin-apli, the king, ditto.^note[I.e., "the king did not offer the sacrifices of the Akitu festival in Esagila".] the sacrifices ...