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YALE ORIENTAL SERIES • RESEARCHES IV-3
Col. V.
(About four lines missing.)
šar(?)-ḫa |
Strong(?) ...
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dGiš ... |
Gish
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| 210 i-na ṣi-ri-[šú il-li-ka-am dEn-ki-dũ] |
Against him [Enkidu proceeded],
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i-ḫa-an-ni-ib [pi-ir-ta-šú] |
[His hair] luxuriant.
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it-bi-ma [il-li-ik] |
He started [to go]
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a-na pa-ni-šú |
Towards him.
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it-tam-ḫa-ru i-na ri-bi-tum ma-ti |
They met in the plaza of the district.
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| 215 dEn-ki-dũ ba-ba-am ip-ta-ri-ik |
Enkidu blocked the gate
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i-na ši-pi-šú |
With his foot,
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dGiš e-ri-ba-am ú-ul id-di-in |
Not permitting Gish to enter.
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iṣ-ṣa-ab-tu-ma ki-ma li-i-im |
They seized (each other), like oxen,
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i-lu-du |
They fought.
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| 220 zi-ip-pa-am ’i-bu-tu |
The threshold they demolished;
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i-ga-rum ir-tu-tu |
The wall they impaired.
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dGiš ù dEn-ki-dũ |
Gish and Enkidu
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iṣ-ṣa-ab-tu-ú-ma |
Seized (each other).
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ki-ma li-i-im i-lu-du |
Like oxen they fought.
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| 225 zi-ip-pa-am ’i-bu-tu |
The threshold they demolished;
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i-ga-rum ir-tu-tú |
The wall they impaired.
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ik-mi-is-ma dGiš |
Gish bent
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i-na ga-ag-ga-ri ši-ip-šú |
His foot to the ground,[1]
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ip-ši-iḫ uz-za-šú-ma |
His wrath was appeased,
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| 230 i-ni-iḫ i-ra-as-su |
His breast was quieted.
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iš-tu i-ra-su i-ni-ḫu |
When his breast was quieted,
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dEn-ki-dũ a-na šá-ši-im |
Enkidu to him
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iz-za-kàr-am a-na dGiš |
Spoke, to Gish:
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ki-ma iš-te-en-ma um-ma-ka |
“As a unique one, thy mother
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| 235 ú-li-id-ka |
bore thee.
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ri-im-tum šá su-pu-ri |
The wild cow of the stall,[2]
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dNin-sun-na |
Ninsun,
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ul-lu e-li mu-ti ri-eš-ka |
Has exalted thy head above men.
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šar-ru-tú šá ni-ši |
Kingship over men
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| 240 i-ši-im-kum dEn-lil |
Enlil has decreed for thee.
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duppu 2 kam-ma |
Second tablet,
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šú-tu-ur e-li .................... |
enlarged beyond [the original(?)].
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4 šú-ši |
240 lines.
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