STEPHEN LANGDON—THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
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| 19 a-na šarri Unuk-(ki) ri-bi-tim |
19 For the king of Erech of the wide places
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| 20 pi-ti pu-uk epši[1] a-na ḫa-a-a-ri |
20 open, addressing thy speech as unto a husband.
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| 21 a-na iluGilgamiš šarri ša Unuk-(ki) ri-bi-tim |
21 Unto Gilgamish king of Erech of the wide places
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| 22 pi-ti pu-uk epši[2] |
22 open, addressing thy speech
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| 23 a-na ha-a-a-ri |
23 as unto a husband.
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| 24 áš-ša-at ši-ma-tim i-ra-aḫ-ḫi |
24 He cohabits with the wife decreed for him,
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| 25 šu-u pa-na-nu-um-ma |
25 even he formerly.
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| 26 mu-uk wa-ar-ka-nu |
26 But henceforth
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| 27 i-na mi-il-ki ša ili ga-bi-ma |
27 in the counsel which god has spoken,
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| 28 i-na bi-ti-iḳ a-pu-un-na-ti-šu[3] |
28 in the work of his presence
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| 29 ši- ma- az- zum |
29 shall be his fate.”
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| 30 a-na zi-ik-ri id-li-im |
30 At the mention of the hero
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| 31 i-ri-ku pa-nu-šu |
31 his face became pale.
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Reverse II
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(About five lines broken away)
| 1 i-il-la-ak- .......... |
1 going .......................
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| 2 ù ša-am-ka-at[]ar-ki-šu |
2 and the harlot ..... after him.
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| 3 | 3 He entered into the midst of Erech of the wide places.
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| 4 ip-ḫur um-ma-nu-um i-na ṣi-ri-šu |
4 The artisans gathered about him.
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| 5 iz-zi-za-am-ma i-na zu-ki-im |
5 And as he stood in the street
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| 6 ša Unuk-(ki) ri-bi-tim |
6 of Erech of the wide places,
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| 7 pa-aḫ-ra-a-ma ni-šu |
7 the people assembled
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