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Col. II

1 aš-šum uš-[tu-] ma-ḫa-ru it-ti-ka.	1 that he may join with thee in endeavor.”
2 iluGilgamish šu-na-tam i-pa-šar	2 (Thus) Gilgamish solves (his) dream.
3 iluEn-ki-[dû w]a?-ši-ib ma-ḫar ḫa-ri-im-tim	3 Enkidu sitting before the hierodule
4 UR []-ḫa-mu DI-?-al-lu-un	4
5 [] im-ta-ši a-šar i-wa-al-du	5 [] forgot where he was born.
6 ûmê 6[1] ù 7 mu-ši- a-tim	6 Six days and seven nights
7 iluEn-ki-dû te-bi-  i-ma	7 came forth Enkidu
8 ša-[am-ka-ta]  ir- ḫi	8 and cohabited with the courtesan.
9 ḫa-[ri-im-tu pa-a]-ša i-pu-ša-am-ma	9 The hierodule opened her mouth
10 iz-za-[kar-am] a-na iluEn-ki-dû[2]	10 speaking unto Enkidu.
11 a-na-ṭal-ka dEn-ki-dû ki-ma ili ta-ba-áš-ši	11 “I behold thee Enkidu; like a god thou art.
12 am-mi-nim it-ti na-ma-áš-te-e[3]	12 Why with the animals
13 ta-at-ta-[na-al-]la -ak ṣi-ra-am	13 wanderest thou on the plain?
14 al-kam lu-ùr-di- ka	14 Come! I will lead thee
15 a-na libbi Uruk-(ki) ri-bi-tim	15 into the midst of Erech of the wide places,
16 a-na biti [el-]lim mu-ša-bi ša A-nim	16 even unto the holy house, dwelling place of Anu.
17 dEn-ki-dû ti-bi lu-ru-ka	17 Oh Enkidu, arise, I will conduct thee
18 a-na É-[an-n]a mu-ša-bi ša A-nim	18 unto Eanna dwelling place of Anu,
19 a-šar [iluGilgamiš] it-[.........] ne-pi-ši-tim(?)	19 where Gilgamish [oppresses] the souls of men(?)
20 ù at-[] -di [-] ma	20 And as I ............
21 ta-[] ra-ma-an-  ka	21 thou shalt ........ thyself.

1. Restored from Tab. I Col. IV 21.
2. Cf. Dhorme Choix de Textes Religieux 198, 33.
3. namaštû a late form which has followed the analogy of reštû in assuming the feminine t as part of the root. The long û is due to analogy with namaššû a Sumerian loan-word with nisbe ending.