JASTROW-CLAY • OLD BABYLONIAN GILGAMESH EPIC
87
YALE TABLET.
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(About ten lines missing.)
Col. I.
.................. [ib]-ri(?) |
.................. (my friend?)
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[mi-im-ma(?) šá(?)]-kú-tu wa(?)-ak-rum |
[Something] that is exceedingly difficult,
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[am-mi-nim] ta-aḫ-ši-iḫ |
[Why] dost thou desire
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[an-ni]-a-am [e-pi]-šá-am |
[to do this?]
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| 15 ...... mi-im[-ma šá-kú-tu(?)]ma- |
.... something (?) that is very [difficult (?)],
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di-iš |
[Why dost thou] desire
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[am-mi]-nim [taḫ]-ši-iḫ |
[to go down to the forest]?
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[ur(?)]-ta-du-ú [a-na ki-i]š-tim |
A message [they carried] among [men]
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ši-ip-ra-am it-[ta-šú]-ú i-na [nišê] |
They carried about.
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| 20 it-ta-áš-šú-ú-ma |
They made a ....
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i-pu-šú ru-ḫu-tam |
.............. they brought
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.................. uš-ta-di-nu |
..............................
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............................. bu |
..............................
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| 40 .............. nam-........ |
.............................
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.................... u ib-[ri] ..... |
................... my friend
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.............. ú-na-i-du ...... |
................ they raised .....
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[zi-ik]-ra-am ú-[tí-ir]-ru |
answer [they returned.]
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[a-na] ḫa-ri-[im]-tim |
[To] the woman
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| 45 [i]-pu(?)-šú a-na sa-[ka]-pu-ti |
They proceeded to the overthrowing
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Col. II.
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... šú(?)-mu(?) ............... |
.......... name(?) .............
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ma-ḫi-ra-am [šá i-ši-šú] |
[The one who is] a rival [to him]
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šú-uk-ni-šum-[ma] ............... |
subdue and ................
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| 60 la-al-la-ru-[tu] .................. |
Wailing ................
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um-mi d-[Giš mu-di-a-at ka-la-ma] |
The mother [of Gišh, who knows everything]
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i-na ma-[ḫar dŠamaš i-di-šá iš-ši] |
Before [Shamash raised her hand]
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