JASTROW-CLAY • OLD BABYLONIAN GILGAMESH EPIC
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| 100 ............ lam(?) ḫal-bu |
................... the jungle
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............ [li]-li-is-su |
............... tambourine (?)
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.............. lu(?)-up-ti-šú |
................ I will open it.
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dEn-ki-dũ pi-šú i-pu-šá-am-ma |
Enkidu opened his mouth and
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iz-za-kàr-am a-na dGiš |
spoke to Gišh:
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| 105 i-di-ma ib-ri i-na šadî(-i) |
“Know, my friend, in the mountain,
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i-nu-ma at-ta-la-ku it-ti bu-lim |
when I moved about with the cattle
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a-na ištên(-en) kas-gíd-ta-a-an nu-ma-at ki-iš-tum |
to a distance of one double hour into the heart of the forest,
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[e-di-iš(?)] ur-ra-du a-na libbi-šá |
[Alone?] I penetrated within it,
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d[Ḫu-wa]-wa ri-ig-ma-šú a-bu-bu |
[To] Ḫuwawa, whose roar is a flood,
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| 110 pi-[šú] dBil-gi-ma |
whose mouth is fire,
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na-pi-iš-šú mu-tum |
whose breath is death.
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am-mi-nim ta-aḫ-ši-iḫ |
Why dost thou desire
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an-ni-a-am e-pi-šá-am |
To do this?
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ga-[ba]-al-la ma-ḫa-ar |
To advance towards
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| 115 [šú]-pa-at dḪu-wa-wa |
the dwelling(?) of Ḫuwawa?”
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(d)Giš pi-šú i-pu-šá-am-ma |
Gišh opened his mouth and
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[iz-za-k]àr-am a-na dEn-ki-dũ |
[spoke to Enkidu:
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....... su(?)-lu-li a-šá-ki[1]-šá |
”... [the covering(?)] I will destroy.
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............. [i-na ki-iš]-tim |
....[in the forest]
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| 120 ............................... |
....................
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ik(?) ......................... |
....................
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a-na .......................... |
To .................
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mu-šá-ab [dḪu-wa-wa] ....... |
The dwelling [of Ḫuwawa]
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ḫa-aṣ-si-nu ................. |
The axe ..........
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| 125 at-ta lu(?) ................. |
Thou ..........
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a-na-ku lu-[ur-ra-du a-na ki-iš-tim] |
I will [go down to the forest].”
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dEn-ki-dũ pi-šú i-pu-[šá-am-ma] |
Enkidu opened his mouth and
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iz-za-kàr-am a-na [dGiš] |
spoke to [Gish:]
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ki-i ni[il]-la-ak [iš-te-niš(?)] |
“When [together(?)] we go down
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| 130 a-na ki-iš-ti [šá iṣerini] |
To the [cedar] forest,
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na-ṣi-ir-šá dGiš muḳ-[tab-lu] |
whose guardian, O warrior Gish,
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da-a-an la ṣa[-li-lu(?)] |
a power(?) without [rest(?)],
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dḪu-wa-wa dpi-ir-[ḫu ša (?)] |
Ḫuwawa, an offspring(?) of ....
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- ↑ Text apparently di
