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YALE ORIENTAL SERIES • RESEARCHES IV-3
šá ú |
Who
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i-na- an(?)-[na am-mi-nim] |
Now(?) [why]
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| 65 ta-[aš-kun(?) a-na ma-ri-ia li-ib-bi la] |
hast thou stirred up the heart for my son,
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ṣa-[li-la te-mid-su] |
[Restlessness imposed upon him (?)]
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(About four lines missing.)
i-na [šá dEn-ki-dũ im-la-a] di-[im-tam] |
The eyes [of Enkidu filled with tears].
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il-[pu-ut li]-ib-ba-šú-[ma] |
[He clutched] his heart;
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[zar-biš(?)] uš-ta-ni-[iḫ] |
[Sadly(?)] he sighed.
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| 75 [i-na šá dEn]-ki-dũ im-la-a di-im-tam |
[The eyes of En]kidu filled with tears.
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[il-pu-ut] li-ib-ba-šú-ma |
[He clutched] his heart;
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[zar-biš(?)] uš-ta-ni-[iḫ] |
[Sadly(?)] he sighed.
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[dGiš ú-ta]-ab-bil pa-ni-šú |
The face [of Gišh was grieved].
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[iz-za-kar-am] a-na dEn-ki-dũ |
[He spoke] to Enkidu:
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| 80 [ib-ri am-mi-nim] i-na-ka |
[“My friend, why are] thy eyes
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[im-la-a di-im]-tam |
[Filled with tears]?
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[il-pu-ut li-ib-bi]-ka |
Thy [heart clutched]
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[zar-biš tu-uš-ta]-ni-iḫ |
Dost thou sigh [sadly(?)]?”
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[dEn-ki-dũ pi-šú i-pu-šá]-am-ma |
[Enkidu opened his mouth] and
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| 85 iz-za-[kàr-am] a-na dGiš |
spoke to Gišh:
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ta-ab-bi-a-tum ib-ri |
“Attacks, my friend,
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uš-ta-li-pa da-[1]da-ni-ia |
have exhausted my strength(?).
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a-ḫa-a-a ir-ma-a-ma |
My arms are lame,
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e-mu-ki i-ni-iš |
my strength has become weak.”
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| 90 dGiš pi-šú i-pu-šá-am-ma |
Gišh opened his mouth and
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iz-za-kàr-am a-na dEn-ki-dũ |
spoke to Enkidu:
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Col. III.
..... [a-di dḪu]-wa-wa da-pi-nu |
..... [until] Ḫuwawa, [the terrible],
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.................. ra-[am(?)-ma] |
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................ [ú-ḫal]- li-ik |
............ [I destroyed].
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[lu-ur-ra-du a-na ki-iš-ti šá] iserini |
[I will go down to the] cedar forest,
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