JASTROW-CLAY • OLD BABYLONIAN GILGAMESH EPIC
93
ilu-ka li(?) ..............-ka |
Thy god may (?) ........ thee;
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ḫarrana li-šá-[tir-ka a-na šú-ul-mi] |
On the road may he guide [thee in safety(?)].
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a-na kar šá [Urukki ri-bi-tim] |
At the rampart of [Erech of the plazas],
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| 215 ka-mi-is-ma dGiš [ma-ḫa-ar dŠamaš(?)] |
Gish kneeled down [before Shamash(?)],
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a-wa-at i-ga-ab- [bu-šú-ma] |
A word then he spoke [to him]:
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a-al-la-ak dŠamaš katâ-[ka a-ṣa-bat] |
“I will go, O Shamash, [thy] hands [I seize hold of].
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ul-la-nu lu-uš-li-ma na-pi-[iš-ti] |
When I shall have saved [my life],
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te-ir-ra-an-ni a-na kar i-[na Urukki] |
Bring me back to the rampart [in Erech].]
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| 220 ṣi-il-[la]m šú-ku-un [a-na ia-a-ši(?)] |
Grant protection [to me ?]!”
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iš-si-ma dGiš ib-[ri.....] |
Gish cried, ”[my friend] ......
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te-ir-ta-šú .......... |
His oracle ..................
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is(?) .............. |
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tam ................ |
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i-nu(?)-[ma] .................. |
When (?)
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Col. VI.
[a-na-ku] dGiš [i-ik]-ka-di ma-tum |
”[I(?)] Gish, the strong one (?) of the land.
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| 230 ........... ḫarrana šá la al-[kam] ma-ti-ma |
...... A road which I have never [trodden];
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.... a-ka-lu ..... la(?) i-di |
........ food ...... do not (?) know.
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[ul-la-nu] lu-uš-li-[mu] a-na-ku |
[When] I shall have succeeded,
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[lu-ud-lul]-ka i-na [ḫ]u-ud li-ib-bi |
[I will praise] thee in the joy of my heart,
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...... [šú]-ḳu-ut-[ti] la-li-ka |
[I will extol (?)] the superiority of thy power,
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| 235 [lu-še-šib(?)] - ka i-na kussêmeš |
[I will seat thee] on thrones.”
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....................... ú-nu-su |
.................. his vessel(?)
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[bêlêmeš(?)ú-ti-ir]-ru ra-bu-tum |
The masters [brought the weapons (?)];
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[ka-aš-tum] ù iš-pa-tum |
[bow] and quiver
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[i-na] ga-ti iš-ku-nu |
They placed in hand.
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| 240 [il-]te-ki pa-ši |
[He took] the hatchet.
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....... -ri iš-pa-as-su |
................. his quiver.
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