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CDLI Literary 000362 (Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven) composite (P469668)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000362 (Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469668 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | szul me3-ka szul me3-ka en-du-ni ga-an-du11 | Young man, I want to speak about the battle, young man, in his battle. |
| 2 | en {d}gilgames2 szul me3-ka en-du-ni ga-an-du11 | Lord Gilgamesh, youth of battle, I want to speak to him |
| 3 | a2-ur2 sa6-sa6 szul me3-ka en-du-ni ga-an-du11 | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the young man of battle. |
| 4 | en tur kal-kal-ga szul me3-ka en-du-ni ga-an-du11 | I want to speak to the young lord, the youth of battle. |
| 5 | en {na4}su11 ku10-ku10 szul me3-ka en-du-ni ga-an-du11 | I want to speak to the lord of precious stones, youth of battle. |
| 6 | geszpu2 lirum x x [...] szul me3-ka en-du-ni ga-an-du11 | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the young man of battle |
| 7 | lugal szul ama? x [...] | king, youth, mother(?) |
| 8 | lugal-gu10 x x x [...] | My king |
| 9 | en-gu10 {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}za?-ba?-lum [...] | My lord, the orchard and the date palm(?) |
| 10 | kisal x x x URU? x [...] | The courtyard |
| 11a | ge6?-par4? [...] | The gipar(?) |
| 11b | x x x en-e ama ugu-ni gu3 mu-na-de2 | ... the lord spoke to his mother who bore him. |
| 11c | lugal-gu10 i7-da e11 NI sahar szu x [...] | My king ... dust in the river. |
| 11d | en-gu10 {gesz}kiri6-zu e11 NI x [...] | My lord, your garden ... |
| 11e | [...] sag?-tun3? buru14-ni [...] | ... his harvest(?) |
| 11f | [...] x IM x [...] | ... ... |
| surface b | ||
| 1 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2 | x x NE kisal x [...] | ... courtyard |
| 3 | kisal mah-a me3 nu-me-a lu2 [...] | In the great courtyard, where battle is not present, ... |
| 4 | x x e2-la2-e e2-la2-e igi mu-un-[...] | ... he looked at the ... of the house, the house |
| 5 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 e2-la2-e igi mu-un-[...] | Holy Inanna looked at the Ela temple |
| 6 | e2-gal abzu-ta e2-la2-e? [...] igi mu-un-ba-[...] | From the palace of the Abzu ... looked at him |
| 7 | am-gu10 lu2-gu10 |ME.EN.NE.EN| szu nu-ri-bar-re | My wild bull, my man, do not release him! |
| 8 | en {d}gilgames2 am-gu10 lu2-gu10 NE szu nu-ri-bar-re | Lord Gilgamesh, my bull, my man, ... will not release you. |
| 9 | e2-an-na-ka di ku5-de3 szu nu-ri-bar-re | In order to cut the case in the Eana, he must not release his hand. |
| 10 | ge6-par4 ku3-ga2 ka-asz bar-re szu nu-ri-bar-re | In my pure Ŋipar the mouth is opened, the hand is not raised. |
| 11 | e2-an-na an-ne2 ki ag2 di ku5-de3 szu nu-ri-bar-re | The Eana, beloved of An, that cannot be altered. |
| 12 | {d}gilgames2 za-e u3-NE he2-me-en za-e gu4? he2-e? | Gilgamesh, may you be a ..., may it be an ox? |
| 13 | nig2-ba {d}inanna ge6-par4-zu-sze3 nam-ba-ni-ku4-ku4 | Do not enter the property of Inanna into your gipar! |
| 14 | {d}nin-e2-gal a2 nam-ur-sag-ga2-ke4-esz2 nam-bi-szi?-x | Ninegala, the arm of heroism, did not |
| 15 | {d}inanna nin? e-sir2-gu10 za-e nam-ba-ni-in-TAR | Inanna, the lady of my street, you should not approach me |
| 16 | gu4 kur-ra ga-an-du11 tur3-ba ga-am3-mi-ib-si | I want to say "Oxen of the mountain" and fill its stall. |
| 17 | udu kur-ra ga-an-du11 amasz-ba ga-am3-mi-ib-si | I want to say "Sheep of the mountain" and fill its sheepfold. |
| 18 | ku3 {na4}gug i3?-gar i-sur-sur-me-esz ga? u5? | They placed the silver and carnelian and ... milk(?) |
| 19 | in-nin9-e gu3 ba-an-de2 KA-ni ba-an-pa-an | The lady shouted, she opened her mouth. |
| 20 | {d}inanna-ke4 gu3 ba-de2 KA-ni ba-an-pa-an | Inanna cried out, she opened her mouth |
| 21 | [...] x NE ta? za-e ma? i-ra-an-du11 | ... what did you say to me? |
| 22 | [...] x NE ta? za-ra ma-ra-an-du11 | ... what did I say to you? |
| 23 | [...] x-gin7 nu-du3? {d}gilgames2 | Gilgamesh did not build ... like ... |
| 24 | [...] x x x x | |
| 25 | [...] HA? x x | ... ... |
| 26 | [...] x x HA? RA? x x x x NE | ... ... |
| 27 | [...] RA? x tug2-da-a | ... garments |
| 28 | [...] BI? ib-ta-ni-in-gar | ... he established |
| 29 | x [...] | |
| 30 | x [...] | |
| 31 | sza3-bi? [...] | Its inside |
| 32 | kusz-bi [...] | Its skin |
| 33 | usz2-bi x x [...] | Its dead one ... |
| 34 | [...] bi2-in?-[...] | ... he(?) |
| 35 | {d}inanna-ke4 a szi-im-lu-lu szurum i3-x x x | Inanna sprinkled water and ... the foundations |
| 36 | an-ne2 ki ag2-gu10 SU na-ba-[...] | An, my beloved ... |
| 37 | gi-dur im-ma-ni-in-dab5 an [...] | He seized the reed mat and ... heaven |
| 38 | lu2-tur-gu10 a-ba-kam a szi-lu3-lu3-e i7? x szurum [...] | My child, who is it that will make the woes plentiful? |
| 39 | gu4 gal szu bar-ra unu{ki}-ga x [...] | Great bull, ... in Uruk |
| 40 | gu4 gal {d}gilgames2 szu bar-ra unu{ki} ba9-re6? | Great bull Gilgamesh, entrusted to Uruk |
| 41 | mu ni2-ga2 nu-mu-na-ab-ze2-ge26 | I will not give him a name of my own. |
| 42 | a szi-im-lu3-lu3-e szurum gur4-gur4-re | The water of the šimlulu-vessel is to be poured out, |
| 43 | a-a-gu10 gu4 an-na ha-ma-ze2-eg3-e [...] | My father gave me the bull of heaven |
| 44 | en ga-mu-un-ug5-ga en ga-mu-un-ug5-ga | I want to kill the en priestess, I want [to kill] the lord. |
| 45 | en {d}gilgames2 en ga-mu-un-ug5-ga | Lord Gilgamesh, I will kill the lord |
| 46 | an gal-e ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib2-gi-gi4? | Great An answered holy Inanna |
| 47 | lu2-tur-gu10 gu4 an-na u2-gu7-bi in-nu an-ur2-ra u2-gu7-bi-im | My child, the ox of heaven that eats food, lies down in the horizon. |
| 48 | ki-sikil {d}inanna gu4 an-na ki {d}utu e3-a-sze3 u2 im-da-gu7-e | Maiden Inanna, oxen of heaven, to the place where Utu rises, eats grass. |
| 49 | za-e gu4 an-na nu-mu-e-da-ab-ze2-eg3-en | You, you do not give an ox in heaven. |
| 50 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 gu2? mu-na-ni-ib2-gi-gi | Holy Inanna answered him: |
| 51 | ge26-e gu3 ba-de2-e-en an ki-sze3 a-ba-da-te | I shouted: “An approached the netherworld! |
| 52a | ni2 ba-da-an-te ni2 ba-da-an-te | He approached me, he approached me. |
| 52b | x inanna ni2 ba-da-an-te | ... Inanna approached with fear. |
| 53 | an gal ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 mu-na-ni-ib2-gi-gi | Great An, holy Inanna, replied to him: |
| 54a | gu4 an-na hu-mu-na-ab-ze2-ge26 | May he give him an ox in heaven. |
| 54b | [...] gu3 an-e ba-te gu3 ki-sze3 ba-te | ... approached heaven, approached earth. |
| 54c | [...] x x gu3 an-e ba-te gu3 ki-sze3 ba-te | ... approached heaven, approached earth. |
| 54d | [...] tug2-gin7 im-mi-in-dul gada-gin7 im-mi-in-bur2 | ... covered it like a garment, spread it out like linen |
| 54e | [...] x a-ba-a in-na-an-du11? | Who has said ... to him? |
| 54f | [...] a-ba-a in-na-an-du11 | ... who spoke to him? |
| 54g | [...] szum2 | ... given |
| 55 | ki-sikil {d}inanna nam-nita-gin7 saman za-gin3-na szu ba-ni-in-du8 | The maiden Inanna, like a man, was adorned with a lapis beard. |
| 56 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4? gu4 an-na an-ta-e3 | Holy Inanna, oxen of heaven have come out |
| 57 | gu4 unu{ki}-ga-ke4 u2 mu-gu7-e | The bulls of Uruk eat grass. |
| 58 | i7 a-ge6 lu-a a i3-na8-na8 | He drinks water from the river, a dark river. |
| 59 | i7 a-ge6 lu-a gaba 1(disz)? danna{na}-ta ib2-sa2 sza3-bi nu-si-si | The river, a dark flood, from one side to the other was filled, its inside was not filled |
| 60 | u2 mu-un-gu7-e ki im-si-ge | She eats food and settles on the ground. |
| 61 | {gesz}geszimmar unu{ki}-ga al-ku5-de3 ka-bi-sze3 i3-gur-gur | He cut down the date palm in Uruk and returned it to its place. |
| 62 | gu4 gub-ba unu{ki}-e im-si | The oxen stationed in Uruk piled up. |
| 63 | gu4 an-na ni2-a-ni im-si | The bull of heaven trembled in fear. |
| 64 | nar-a-ni [...] | His singer ... |
| 65 | igi il2-a-ni [...] | When he lifted his eyes |
| 66 | gam-gam-ma-ni [...] | ... his ... |
| 67a | NI KA? LU? e? [...] | ... ... |
| 67b | u4-ba en? {d}gilgames2 [...] nar-a-ni [...] | At that time, the lord Gilgamesh, his singer |
| 67c | {d}gilgames2 nar-a-ni lugal-gaba-gal2 mu?-na?-[...] | For Gilgamesh his singer Lugal-gabagal |
| 67d | nar-gu10 sa-zu si-bi2-ib [...] nag-i3 [...] | My singer, ... your horns ... |
| 67e | zabar szu-za [...] x ni x [...] | Bronze in your hand ... |
| 67f | nar-a-ni [...] x [...] | His singer ... |
| 67g | [...] lugal-gaba-gal2 [...] x x mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | ... Lugalgabagal ... answered him |
| 67h | [...] lugal-gaba-gal2 sa-zu si-ni-ib a ga-an-na8-na8-an | ... Lugalgabagal, I want to drink water from your net. |
| 67i | [...] x nag-a inim-bi-sze3 nig2-nam-me-zu nu-gal2 | ... drinking water, nothing is available to you concerning this matter |
| 67j | [...] lugal-gaba-gal2 mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | ... Lugal-gabagal replied to him: |
| 67k | [...] x-sze3 im ga? [...] | ... milk(?) |
| 67l | [...] igi? im-ma-ni-in-se3 | ... looked at him |
| 67m | [...] x-sze3 ba-ni-in-[...] | ... to ... he ... |
| 67n | [...]-na8-na8-en en [...] | ... I drink ... |
| 67o | [...] x i3-na8-na8-en [...] | ... I drink ... |
| 67p | [...] an-ta-an-e3 [...] | ... rises ... |
| 67q | [...] u2 x [...] | ... ... |
| 67r | [...] | |
| 67s | [...] x [...] | |
| 67t | [...] e DI [...] | ... ... |
| 67u | [...] al | ... high |
| 67v | [...] | |
| 67x | [...] unu{ki} [...] | ... Uruk |
| 68 | en {d}gilgames2 [...] | Lord Gilgamesh |
| 69 | inanna gu4 an-na [...] | Inanna, the bull of heaven |
| 70 | gu4 unu{ki} [...] | oxen of Uruk |
| 71 | i7 a-ge6 lu a na8-na8 | The watercourse ... drinking water. |
| 72 | i7 a-ge6 lu danna{na}-ta-am3 ib2-si sza3-bi nu-si-si | The river, which was a flood, was full of water, its inside was not full. |
| 73 | u2 mu-gu7-e ki im-si-ge-e | She eats food and settles on the ground. |
| 73a | nin-ni [...] | His mistress |
| 73b | {d}gilgames2 [...] | Gilgamesh |
| 73c | ama-gu10 en ME [...] | My mother, lord ... |
| 73d | nin9-gu10 e2?-a [...] | My sister, in the house(?) |
| 73e | gu4 dur2-bi-sze3 i-im-ma-[...] | He ... the ox in its stall |
| 73f | udu dur2-bi-sze3 i-im-ma-[...] | He ... sheep for its thigh |
| 73g | kasz dur2?-bi-sze3? he2-em-[...] | May he pour beer on its thighs(?) |
| 73h | {d}gilgames2 x [...] | Gilgamesh |
| 73j | gu4 an-na u3 za-e [...] | O ox of heaven, you ... |
| 73k | u3 za-e nu-ub-se3-ge [...] | And you do not reconcile |
| 73l | {d}gilgames2 [...] | Gilgamesh |
| 74 | [...] x x x szagan? x x x | ... šagan(?) |
| 75 | [...] x x mu-na-ni-ib2-gi-gi | ... replied to him. |
| 76 | [...] lu2 x x x x [...]-ne-ne | ... men |
| 77 | [...] x mu-na-ni-ib2-gi-gi | ... returned for him. |
| 78 | szagan? a x-ru? ga-[...] | I want to ... the šagan priest(?) |
| 79 | ad6-zu sila si-ga he2-en-szub | May your cattle-pen fall into the empty street. |
| 80 | sza3-mah-zu sila dagal-la he2-en-szub | May your šamaḫ-priest abandon you in the broad street. |
| 81 | kusz-zu su-si-ig-ga-asz he2-en-szub | May he cast your skin in a knot. |
| 82 | uzu-zu dumu nu-mu-un-su-a-ke4? dumu iri-ke4? [...] {gesz}dusu-ta ga-am3-ta-ha-la [...] | Your flesh, which has no child(?), the child(?) of the city(?) I want to add(?) from(?) the dust |
| 83 | si-zu 2(disz)-a-bi szagan i3 du10-ga-sze3 {d}inanna-ra e2-an-na-sze3 ga-mu-na-an-gar | Your two horns to the šagan oil for Inanna to the Eanna I shall place for him. |
| 84 | inanna bad3? igi mu-ni-la2 | Inanna looked at the wall(?) |
| 85 | gu4-de3 sahar-ra gu3 bi2-in-du11 | The ox cried out in the dust. |
| 86 | en {d}gilgames2 sag-du-ta i3-du? | Lord Gilgamesh, from the top of the head |
| 87 | en-ki-du10 dur lib-ba-na [...] ba?-an-e11 | Enkidu ... his heart |
| 88 | dumu iri-na mu-un-da-ni-re7-esz-am3 amar gesz nu-zu sahar ba-e-ne-szi-dul5? | The citizens of his city went with him, but the calf who did not know wood covered them with dust. |
| 89 | en-ki-du10 egir gu4-da-sze3 im-mi-gub [...] ka? mu-un-nigin2 | Enkidu stood behind the bull |
| 90 | lugal-a-ni-ir {d}gilgames2-ra gu3 mu-na-de2-e | to his master Gilgamesh he spoke to him. |
| 91 | i3-a lum-lum u3-luh-ha su3-su3 | “In the oil, the lumlum and the uluhhu-diseases are covered. |
| 92 | dumu-gi7 giri17-zal dingir-re-ne | The young man, the joy of the gods |
| 93 | gu4 lipisz-tuku me3-a gub-ba | oxen with lustration and battle stationed, |
| 94 | en gal {d}gilgames2 unu{ki?} bi2-in-du11-ga | the great lord Gilgamesh, who had spoken to Uruk |
| 95 | ama-zu dumu u3-tu-da mah-bi he2-em-zu | May your mother, the child born by you, know its greatness. |
| 96 | emeda-ga-la2-zu dumu-ra ga-ba mah-bi he2-em-zu | May you, your nursemaid, know the greatness of this milk for the child. |
| 96a | en dumu-gi7 AN x [...] | Lord, the citizen ... |
| 97 | ni2 na-te-ge26 ur-sag-ga2 usu nu-tuku ni2-te-a-ni | The hero who has no strength, his fearsomeness. |
| 98 | ki a-ra2 gi-na x x x x x [...] | Where for how long ...? |
| 99 | {uruda}ha-zi-in [...] | The hazin weapon |
| 100 | gu4-de3 [...] | The ox ... |
| 101 | gu4 an-na [...] | The bull of heaven |
| 102 | a-gin7 [...] | How ... |
| 103 | HAR x [...] | ... ring |
| surface c col 1 | ||
| 1 | szul me3-kam szul me3-kam in-du-ni ga-an-du11 | Young man, I want to speak about the battle, young man who is going to battle. |
| 2 | en {d}gilgames2 szul me3-kam in-du-ni ga-an-du11 | Lord Gilgamesh, youth of battle, I want to say: |
| 3 | en su ku10-ku10 szul me3-kam in-du-ni ga-an-du11 | I want to say to the lord, the one who darkens the flesh, the youth who goes about in battle: |
| 4 | a2-ur2 sa6-sa6 szul me3-kam in-du-ni ga-an-du11 | I want to speak about the beautiful āur, the young man who has come to me in battle. |
| 5 | UL-nir-ma szul me3-kam in-du-ni ga-an-du11 | UL-nir, youth of battle, I want to speak! |
| 6 | nig2-erim2 du7-du7 szul me3-kam in-du-ni ga-an-du11 | I want to speak about the evil that the young man has done in battle. |
| 7 | lugal-e en-e ama ugu-ne-ra a2-kal ISZ ta-a-ni-x i7-da NAGA-de3 | The king, the lord, to the mother who bore him ... in the river. |
| 8 | en-gu10 {gesz}kiri6 {gesz}za-ba-al-sze3? ku4?-NE kin-a-zu-ne | My lord, when you enter the orchard of the zabal tree |
| 9 | en ge6-par4-ta udu nir-ra-am3 siki am3-ze2 SAR-SAR | From the lord of the ŋipar the sheep are herdsmen, she weaves wool. |
| 10 | KAL sag-ga2-ke4 dur2 bi-gar ZI-gin7 SZEN? NE?-na | He sat on the throne of the head, like a ... |
| 11 | lugal-e ZI-gin7 SZEN NE-na gi-sal-la gu2 gur2 | The king ... like a ..., the reed screen is stretched out. |
| 12 | nun gi-sal-la gi lum-lum-ma-gin7 x x x mu-szi-ib-szu2 | The prince ... like a reed in the marshes. |
| 13 | nig2-erim2-bi za-e SZEN-gin7 x [...] x-szu2 | Its evil, like a ... |
| 14 | ama ugu-ne-ra DI? na mu-un-[...]-na-szum2 | The mother who bore him gave to him |
| 15 | kisal dagal-la [...] | In the broad courtyard |
| 16 | {d}gilgames2 gesz bulug3? x [...] | Gilgamesh, the “cutting-of-the-throat(?) tree(?) |
| 17 | KA gul?-gul?-e NE? [...] | The one who destroys(?) the gate(?) |
| 18 | kisal mah-e kin A? [...] | In the supreme courtyard |
| 19 | u4-bi-a e2?-la2-e? [...] | At that time, the temple(?) |
| 20 | ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 e2-la2-e igi mu-un-bar | Holy Inanna looked at the house. |
| 21 | e2 abzux(DE2)-ta? e2-la2-e igi mu-un-bar | From the Abzu he looked at the house. |
| 22 | am-gu10 lu-gu10 IM ma NI ta [...] szu nu-ri-bar-re | My bull, my man ... |
| 23 | {d}gilgames2 IM ma NI ta [...] szu nu-ri-bar-re | Gilgamesh ... what ...? |
| 24 | e2-an-na-gu10 di ku5-de3 szu nu-ri-bar-re | My Eana, where judgments are to be rendered, cannot be altered. |
| 25 | ge6-par4 gu2-gu10 kasz bar-re szu nu-ri-bar-re | The Ŋipar, my neck, no beer is poured out, no hand is released. |
| 26 | e2-an-na an-na ki ag2 di ku5-de3 szu nu-ri-bar-re | The Eana, beloved of heaven, that cannot be altered. |
| 27 | {d}gilgames2 za-e [...] IM ma NI ta ge26-e [...] IM ma NI ta | Gilgamesh, you ... ... what ...? |
| 28 | lugal-e ka?-ka-ne [...] | The king, his mouth(?) |
| 29 | lugal-e ama ugu-ne-ra [...] | The king ... for his own mother |
| 30 | {d}gilgames2 {d}nin-sumunx(SZE3) x [...] | Gilgamesh, Ninsumun |
| 31 | ama ugu-gu10 en?-gin7 uzu x [...] | My mother who bore me, how ...? |
| 32 | {gesz}ig abula-ke4 x [...] | The door of the gate |
| 33 | suh10 bad3-ke4 [...] gar-gar [...] | The shepherd of the wall ... |
| 34 | am-gu10 lu-gu10 IM ma NI ta [...] szu nu-mu-ni-bar-re | My wild bull, my man ... what did he not release? |
| 35 | {d}gilgames2 IM ma NI ta [...] szu nu-mu-ni-bar-re | Gilgamesh ..., what did he not release? |
| 36 | e2-an-na-gu10 di mu-un-ku5-de3 szu nu-mu-ni-bar-re | My Eana judged it, but she did not render a verdict. |
| 37 | ge6-par4 gu2-gu10 kasz mu-un-bar-re szu nu-mu-ni-bar-re | The Ŋipar, my neck, pours beer, it does not pour hands. |
| 38 | e2-an-na an-na [...] ki ag2-a-ni | The Eana, his beloved temple |
| 39 | {d}gilgames2 za-e me3? x IM ma NI ta ge26-e KA ga? IM ma NI ta | Gilgamesh, you ... battle(?) ... what ...? |
| 40 | ama ugu-ne-ra ur5-gin7 mu-un-na-ab-be2-ak?-ka | When he spoke to his birth mother, |
| 41 | ama ugu-ne {d}gilgames2-ra mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | The mother who bore him replied to Gilgamesh: |
| surface c col 2 | ||
| 1 | ku3 {d}inanna [...] | Holy Inanna |
| 2 | an-e [...] | An ... |
| 3 | dur an-na x [...] | The ... of heaven |
| 4 | an-e ku3 {d}inanna-ra [...]-e | An ... holy Inanna |
| 5 | lu2-tur-gu10 [...]-e | My child ... |
| 6 | {d}inanna [...]-gi4-gi4 | Inanna, may it be restored for me |
| 7 | AN [...]-a | ...-a |
| 8 | [...]-a | ...-a |
| 9 | [...]-be2 | Its ... |
| 10 | [...]-e | ... ... |
| 11 | [...] NE? | ... ... |
| 12 | [...] x MU | ... year |
| 13 | [...] gi | ... reed |
| 14 | [...] IB? la [...] | ... not ... |
| 15 | [...]-gu7-e | ... will eat |
| 16 | [...] x x gi? | ... reed |
| 17 | [...] x-ab-be2 | ... says |
| 18 | [...] x sag3 | ... struck |
| 19 | [...] gu4 mu-ra-ra [...] | ... oxen for you ... |
| 20 | [...] x szum2-mu | ... given |
| 21 | [...] szum2-mu | ... given |
| 22 | [...] x | |
| 23 | [...] x | |
| 24 | [...]-gu7-e | ... will eat |
| 25 | [...]-gu7-e | ... will eat |
| surface c col 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] BI? x [...] | ... ... |
| 2 | [...] x nag? [...] | ... drink(?) |
| 3 | [...] x gu2 mu-un-[...] | ... he ... |
| 4 | [...] mu-un-na-te x [...] | ... approached ... |
| 5 | [...]-ga igi im-ma-an-se3 | ... looked at him. |
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| 1 | [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x x TUG2 ba-ni-[...] | ... a garment |
| 3 | [...] a nag [...] | ... drinking water |
| 4 | [...] x x x x x x [...] | |
| 5 | nar-gu10 lugal-gaba-gar en3-du-zu da-ga-ab sa-a-zu si-bi2-ib | My singer, Lugal-gabaŋar, speak to me, answer me! |
| 6 | kasz mu-un-nag zabar sila3 gi4-bi-ib [...] | He drinks beer, ... the bronze sila drum |
| 7 | lugal-gaba-gar {d}gilgames2 lugal-a-ni-ra? gu3 mu-na-ni-ib-gi4 | Lugal-gabagar spoke to Gilgamesh his master: |
| 8 | lugal-gu10 za-e u2 da-an-gu7-e za-e a da-an-na8-na8 | My king, you should eat food, you must drink water. |
| 9 | ge26-e inim-bi a-na-am3 mu-[...] | I, what is this word of yours? |
| 10 | gu4-e ra-ra-de3 [...] | To make the oxen tremble |
| 11 | {d}gilgames2 gu4-e ra-ra-de3 [...] | Gilgamesh, to plow the oxen, |
| 12 | ib2-ba-ru 5(u) ma-na-am3 [...] | ... 50 minas ... |
| 13 | giri2 7(disz) gu2-un 3(u) ma-na-am3 [...] | via 7 talents 30 mana |
| 14 | ha-zi-in x x [...] | “Hazīn ... ,… |
| 15 | ama ugu-gu10 [...] | My birth mother ... |
| 16 | nin9-a-ni x [...] | His sister ... |
| 17 | ama ugu-ni [...] | His birth mother ... |
| 18 | {d}pesz3-tur nin9 ban3-da [...] | Peštur, the young sister |
| 19 | {d}gilgames2 AN x [...] | Gilgamesh |
| 20 | ama ugu-gu10 e2? {d}en-ki? x [...] | My birth mother, the temple of Enki(?) |
| 21 | {d}pesz3-tur nin9 ban3-da e2-a?-ni [...] | “Peštur, the younger sister, her temple |
| 22 | gu4 {d}ur-be2-esz i-in-gi? [...] | The bull Urbeš returned(?) |
| 23 | udu {d}ur-be2-esz i-in-gi? [...] | ... sheep for Urbeš |
| 24 | gu4 an-na za-e za-e [...] | You are the bull of heaven, you are ... |
| 25 | u3 za-e ba-an-ze2-ge-esz [...] | And you have been given over to them |
| 26 | u3 ge26-e ba-an-ze2-ge-esz [...] | And I ... |
| 27 | tukum-bi ba-an-ze2-ge [...] | If he gives it to him |
| 28 | kusz-zu sila-sze3 he2-em-ma-ab-szum2-mu | May he give your skin to you in the street. |
| 29 | sza3-mah-zu sila dagal-la he2-em-ma-ab-szum2-mu | May your šamah prayer be given in the broad street. |
| 30 | uzu-zu dumu mu-un-su iri-ga2-ke4-ne {gesz}dusu-ta he2-em-ta-ba-e-ne | Your flesh, the son who bore me, they shall carry him away from my city with a stick. |
| 31 | kusz-zu su-sig-sze3 he2-em-ma-ab-szum2-mu | May he give your skin to you on the ground. |
| 32 | si-zu 2(disz)-ab2-bi szagan i3 du10-ga-sze3 {d}inanna-ra e2-an-na-ka he2-em-ta-bala-e | Your two horns to the šagan oil for Inanna in the Eanna may they cross over. |
| 33 | gu4-e sahar-ra [...] | The ox in the dust |
| 34 | {d}gilgames2 [...] | Gilgamesh |
| 35 | {d}en-ki-du3 [...] | Enkidu |
| 36 | dumu iri{ki}-na [...] | son of his city |
| 37 | amar gesztu2-zu-gin7 sahar-ra x x [...] | Like your calf in the dust |
| 38 | {d}en-ki-du3 sag gu 4(disz)-kam bi-ib-gub en {d}gilgames2 gu2 mu-un-na-de2-a [...] | Enkidu stood at the head of the 4th horn, the lord Gilgamesh stood by him |
| 39 | ia4 lum-lum u2-luh-ha su3-su3 | “Lightning (and) exhaustion are piled up. |
| 40 | dumu-gi7 giri17-zal dingir-re-e-ne | The young man, the joy of the gods |
| 41 | gu4 lipisz sza3 tuku me3 an-gub-ba | oxen with wild radiance, who stand in battle, |
| 42 | ur-sag x x x-gu10-ne-sze3 szu-zu szu mu-ni-[...] | Hero, when I ... your hands ... |
| 43 | lu2-ulu3 x [...] | A man ... |
| 44 | lu2-ulu3? x [...] | A man(?) |
| 45 | {d}en-ki-du {d}gilgames2-ra ur5-gin7 hu-mu-un-na-ab-e2-ak-ke4 | Enkidu and Gilgamesh shall do as he deems best. |
| 46 | {d}gilgames2 ha-zi-in? 7(disz) gu2?-un?-am3 ugu-bi e-ne ba-an-sag3 | Gilgamesh, the hazin priest, seven talents(?) he imposed upon it. |
| 47 | gu4-e sag il2-la il2-la im-ma-ab-dirig | The ox, raising its head high, raised it high. |
| 48 | im-gin7 mu-lu3-lu3 buru14-gin7 im-szu2-szu2 | Like clay, the people are scattered like harvests. |
| 49 | lugal-e muhaldim gal nu-me-a giri2 szu-ni ba-an-dab5 | The king, without a great cook, took his foot. |
| 50 | {d}inanna-ke4 za3 dib-ba ba-an-sag3 tu-gur4{muszen}-gin7 ba-an-dal-dal bad3-bi i3-gul-e | Inanna trembled at the border, she flew away like a pigeon, and destroyed its walls. |
| 51 | lugal-e sag gu 4(disz)-kam bi2-in-gub er2 gig i3-szex(|IGIxA|)-szex(|IGIxA|) | The king set his head on the 4th, weeping bitter tears. |
| 52 | ur5-ra-ta ge26-e mu-un-da-gul-e ur5-ra-am3 i3-kin-de3 | Because of the debt, I destroyed it, it was debt. |
| 53 | bi2-in-du11-ga-gi-na | had spoken to him, |
| 54 | kusz-bi sila-sze3 im-ma-ab-szum2-mu | he gave its skin to the street. |
| 55 | sza3-mah-bi sila dagal-la im-ma-ab-szum2-mu | Its šamaḫ priestess gave me the broad street. |
| 56 | uzu-bi dumu nu-mu-un-su iri{ki}-na-ke4-ne {gesz}dusu-ta he2-em-ta-ba-e-ne | Its meat did not have a child; the people of his city were bringing it from a boxwood box. |
| 57 | kusz-bi su-si-ig-sze3 im-ma-ab-szum2-mu | Its skin was given to him as a sashes. |
| 58 | si-bi 2(disz)-a-bi {gesz}szagan i3 du10-ga-ke4 ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 e2-an-na-ke4 he2-em-ta-da-bala-e | Its two horns, the šagan instrument of sweet oil, the holy inanna instrument of the Eanna, shall cross over them. |
| 59 | gu4 an-na ug5-ga ku3 {d}inanna-ke4 za3-mi2-zu du10-ga | The dead oxen of heaven, holy Inanna, your praise is sweet |
| surface d col 1 | ||
| 1' | a ge6-par3 [...] si-ki [...] | Woe, the Ŋipar, ... wool |
| 2' | {gesz}u3 dub-sag-ga2-kam dur2? bi-in-gar | He sat on the throne of the first tablet. |
| 3' | sug-ga gal2-la-a-bi | Its marshes |
| 4' | lugal-gu10 sug-ga gal2-la-a-bi {gesz}gisal-a gu2 gur-de3 | My king, when it is in the marshes, to bend over on the reed bed |
| 5' | mu-un {gesz}gisal gi lum-lum-ma-a-gin7 a-a hu-mu-ri-ib2-szum2 | Like a reed tree with a bright canopy, may the father give it to you. |
| 6' | nig2 dirig-bi gazi am3 GAN u6-gin7 ma a-a hu-mu-ri-ib2-szum2 | ... like a ... may he give to you. |
| 7' | kisal dagal x e2 {d}inanna-ka | in the broad courtyard of the temple of Inanna |
| 8' | {d}gilgames2 gesz bulug3 x NAM? x szu x hu-mu-ni-in-x | Gilgamesh, may he ... a ... tree(?) |
| 9' | lugal-gu10 {gesz}kiri6 zabala x | My king, the garden of Zabalam |
| 10' | ku4-ku4 kin-ga2-zu-ne? | when you enter, |
| 11' | a ge6-par3-ra-kam u6-du nin? x si-ki A SU ni3-si23 | It is the water of the ŋipar, the ewe, the lady(?) ... |
| 12' | {gesz}u3 dub-sag-ga2-kam dur2 bi-in-gar sug-ga-a mu-ni-in-la2 | He sat on the throne of the first tablet and stretched out a šukku-bowl. |
| 13' | lugal-gu10 sug-ga mu-ni-in-la2 {gesz}gisal-a gu2 ni3-gur | My king stretched out a scepter on the marshes. |
| 14' | mu-un {gesz}gisal-a gi lum-lum-ma-a-gin7 a-a hu-mu-na-ab?-szum2 | The father gave him the lord of the poplar, like a bright reed |
| 15' | nig2 dirig-bi gazi am3 GAN u6-gin7 ma a-a hu-mu-na-ab-szum2 | May he give to him that which is lofty like a marvel. |
| surface d col 2 | ||
| 1 | nig2-ba {d}inanna ge6-par3-ra | property of Inanna of the Gepar |
| 2 | nam-ba-ni-in-ku4-ku4 | do not enter! |
| 3 | x x a2 nam-ur-sag-ga2-gu10 | ... my strength of heroism. |
| 4 | tug2? nam-i3-dul-e | cloth(?) for the idul ritual |
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