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| 22 al-ka ti-ba i-[na] ga-ag-ga-ri |
22 Come thou, arise from the ground
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| 23 ma-a-a?[1] -ak ri-i-im |
23 unto the place yonder (?) of the shepherd.”
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| 24 iš-me a-wa-az-za im-ta-gár ga-ba-ša |
24 He heard her speak and accepted her words with favor.
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| 25 mi-il-kum ša sinništi |
25 The advice of the woman
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| 26 im-ta-[ku]-ut a-na libbi-šu |
26 fell upon his heart.
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| 27 iš-ḫu-uṭ li-ib-ša-am |
27 She tore off one garment
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| 28 iš-ti-nam [ú]-la-ab-bi-iš-šu |
28 and clothed him with it.
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| 29 li-ib- [ša-am] ša-ni-a-am |
29 With a second garment
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| 30 ši-i it-ta-al-ba- áš |
30 she clothed herself.
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| 31 ṣa-ab-ta-at ga-az- zu |
31 She clasped his hand,
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| 32 ki-ma ? i-ri-id-di-šu |
32 guiding him like ..............
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| 33 a-na gu-up-ri ša ri-i-im |
33 unto the mighty presence of the shepherd,
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| 34 a-š[ar] tar-ba-ṣi-im |
34 unto the place of the ... of the sheepfolds.
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| 35 i-na []-ḫu-ru ri-i̭a-ú[2]' |
35 In ......... to shepherd
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| 36 ............................. |
36 .............................
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Col. III
| 1 ši-iz-ba ša na-ma-áš-te-e |
1 Milk of the cattle
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| 2 i-te-en-ni-iḳ |
2 he drank.
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| 3 a-ka-lam iš-ku-nu ma-ḫar-šu |
3 Food they placed before him.
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| 4 ip-te-iḳ-ma i-na -aṭ-ṭal[3] |
4 He broke bread[4]
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| 5 ù ip-pa-al-la-as |
5 gazing and looking.
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| 6 u-ul i-di dEn-ki- dû |
6 But Enkidu understood not.
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| 7 aklam a-na a-ka-lim |
7 Bread to eat,
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| 8 šikaram a-na ša-te-e-im |
8 beer to drink,
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| 9 la-a lum-mu- ud |
9 he had not been taught.
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- ↑ Room for a small sign only, perhaps A; māi̭āk? For mâka, there, see Behrens, LSS. II page 1 and index.
- ↑ Infinitive “to shepherd”; see also Poebel, PBS. V 106 I, ri-i̭a-ú, ri-te-i̭a-ú.
- ↑ The text has clearly AD-RI.
- ↑ patāḳu has apparently the same sense originally as batāḳu, although the one forms its preterite iptiḳ, and the other ibtuḳ. Cf. also maḫāṣu break, hammer and construct.
