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CDLI Literary 000366 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa B) composite (P469671)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000366 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa B) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469671 |
| 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 | i3-a lum-lum u3-luh-ha su3-su3 | “In the oil, the lumlum and the uluhhu-diseases are covered. |
| 2 | dumu-gi7 giri17-zal dingir-re-e-ne | The young man, the joy of the gods |
| 3 | gu4 lipisz-tuku me3-a gub-ba | oxen with lustration and battle stationed, |
| 4 | en tur {d}gilgames2 unu{ki}-ta mi2 du11-ga | the young en priestess of Gilgamesh, treated well by Uruk |
| 5 | unu{ki}-ga lu2 ba-usz2 ur5 ba-sag3 | In Uruk a man was killed, his body was struck down. |
| 6 | lu2 u2-gu ba-an-de2 sza3 hul i3-ga2-ga2? | The one who has sinned will be put to shame(?) |
| 7 | bad3-da su?-gu10 im-ma-an-la2 | He stretched out my limbs on the wall |
| 8 | lu2 a-a ib2-dirig-ge4 igi im-mi-in-se3-ga-am3 | “Did you see the man who made his father tremble? |
| 9 | ur5 im-ma-usz2 sza3 im-ma-sag3 | He sank the roof, he shook the heart. |
| 10 | za3 nam-til-la sag im-gi4-a | who has sworn by the end of life, |
| 11 | irigal kur nam-gu2-ka?-ke4 lu2 la-ba-an-da13-da13-a | The irigal priestess of the land of Namgu, no one can compare with him |
| 12 | su3-da kur-ra la-ba-an-gib-be2-a | ... will not turn away from the mountain. |
| 13 | dagal-la kur-ra la-ba-an-szu2-szu2-a | The broad one of the netherworld, who cannot be rivalled, |
| 14 | za3 gurusz til-la sag til-la-bi-sze3 la-ba-ra-ab-e11-de3-a | Because he did not bring out the head of the young man who was finished, |
| 15 | zi ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sumun2-ka a-a-gu10 ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | The life of my birth mother Ninsumun, my holy father Lugalbanda |
| 16 | dingir-gu10 {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e | My god, Enki, lord Nudimmud |
| 17 | [...] x x me x [...] x-ta | ... from |
| 18 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 19 | [...] x [...] szub? | ... abandoned |
| 20 | [...] du3?-du3 PA-bi-sze3 ga-am3-til | ... I want to finish |
| 21 | [...] szub-ba ga-am3-mi-ib-ku4 | ... I want to bring in the fallen ... |
| 22 | arad-da-ni en-ki-du10-e gu3 mu-na-de2-e | Enkidu spoke to his servant: |
| 23 | [...] tukum-bi kur-sze3 i-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en | ... if you enter the netherworld |
| 24 | {d}utu he2-da-an-zu | may Utu know. |
| 25 | kur-{gesz}erin-ku5-sze3 i-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en | I will bring you to the Cedar Mountain. |
| 26 | {d}utu he2-da-an-zu | may Utu know. |
| 27 | kur-ra dim2-ma-bi {d}utu-kam | It is the creation of Utu in the mountains. |
| 28 | kur-{gesz}erin-ku5 dim2-ma-bi szul {d}utu-kam | Its cedar grove is the youth Utu. |
| 29 | {d}utu an-na-ke4 suh10 za-gin3 mu-un-kesz2 | Utu of heaven bound it with a lapis beard. |
| 30 | sag il2-la mu-un-gen | He went with a raised head. |
| 31 | {d}gilgames2 en kul-ab{ki}-ke4 szu-ni gidru ku3 giri17-na ba-ab-tab | Gilgamesh, the lord of Kulaba, adorned his hand with a pure scepter. |
| 32 | {d}utu kur-sze3 i-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en he2-me-en a2-tah-gu10 | Utu, when you enter the netherworld, may you be my helper. |
| 33 | kur-erin-ku5 i-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en he2-me-en a2-tah-gu10 | May you be the kur-erin-kug, my helper! |
| 34 | [...] | |
| 35 | [...] | |
| 36 | [...] | |
| 37 | [...] | |
| 38 | 1(disz)-am3 [...] | 1 ... |
| 39 | 2(disz)-kam-ma [...] | The second: ... |
| 40 | 3(disz)-kam-ma [...] | The 3rd ... |
| 41 | 4(disz)-kam-ma [...] | The 4th ... |
| 42 | 5(disz)-kam-ma x x [...] mu-un-tab-tab-e | It is the 5th ... |
| 43 | 6(disz)-kam-ma a-ge6 du7-du7-gin7 kur-ra gaba ra-ra | It is the sixth song. Like a storm blowing over the mountains, |
| 44 | 7(disz)-kam-ma nim-gin7 i3-gir2-gir2-re a2-bi-sze3 lu2 nu-ub-gur-e | It is the seventh song: “The lightning flashes like lightning, no one turns away from its strength! |
| 45 | e-ne-ne an-na mul-la-me-esz ki-a har-ra-an zu-me-esz | They are the stars of heaven, they are the drivers of earth. |
| 46 | an-na mul x x x il2-la-me-esz | They are stars ... of heaven. |
| 47 | ki-a kaskal aratta{ki} zu-me-esz | on earth they were the ones who knew the road to Aratta |
| 48 | dam-gar3-ra-gin7 giri3-bala zu-me-esz | Like a merchant, they are walking along the paths. |
| 49 | tu{muszen}-gin7 ab-lal3? kur-ra zu-me-esz | Like a dove, they are the ones who know the ablal ritual of the mountain |
| 50 | ma2-ur3-ma2-ur3 hur-sag-ga2-ka he2-mu-e-ni-tum2-tum2-mu-ne | They shall bring him into the “barge-of-the-mountain's quay". |
| 51 | {d}gilgames2 iri-ni-a zi-ga ba-ni-ib-gar | Gilgamesh rose up in his city. |
| 52 | x x kul-ab{ki}-a si gu3 ba-ni-in-ra | ... in Kulab roared. |
| 53 | iri dam tuku dam zu-sze3 dumu tuku dumu-zu-sze3 | City where the spouse has a spouse to know, where the child is to know. |
| 54 | ur-sag zu ur-sag nu-zu | The hero knows, the hero does not know. |
| 55 | dam nu-tuku dumu nu-tuku | She has no wife, she has no child. |
| 56 | lu2 ur5?-a lu2 {d}gilgames2-da a2-gu10-sze3 hu-mu-un-ak-esz | The one who is a stranger, the one who Gilgamesh did to my power |
| 57 | lugal iri-ta ba-ra-e3 | the king left the city. |
| 58 | {d}gilgames2 kul-ab{ki}-ta ba-ra-e3 | Gilgamesh left Kulab. |
| 59 | kur-{gesz}erin-ku5-da giri3 im-ma-ab-dab5-be2 | he took the path of the cedar forest. |
| 60 | hur-sag 1(disz)-e in-di3-in-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pa3 | He crossed over one mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart. |
| 61 | hur-sag 2(disz)-kam-ma in-di3-in-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pa3 | He crossed over the 2nd mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 62 | hur-sag 3(disz)-kam-ma in-di3-in-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pa3 | He crossed over the 3rd mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 63 | hur-sag 4(disz)-kam-ma in-di3-in-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pa3 | He crossed over the 4th mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 64 | hur-sag 5(disz)-kam-ma in-di3-in-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pa3 | He crossed over the 5th mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 65 | hur-sag 6(disz)-kam-ma in-di3-in-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pa3 | He crossed over the 6th mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart. |
| 66 | hur-sag 7(disz)-kam-ma bala-e-da-ni {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni im-ma-ni-in-pa3 | The 7th mountain range, when he came to the bala, he chose the cedar in his heart |
| 67 | {d}gilgames2 {gesz}erin-na al-sag3-ge | Gilgamesh struck with the cedar |
| 68 | arad-da-ni en-ki-du10-e pa mu-un-szi-ak-e | Enkidu made his servant manifest. |
| 69 | dumu iri-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-a | the citizens of his city who went with them |
| 70 | gu-ru-ma mu-ni-ib-gub-bu-ne | they set up a throne. |
| 71 | u4-bi-a ur-sag ur-sag-ra u3-mu-un-na-te | At that time, Hero, hero, lord, |
| 72 | me-lam2 [...] szu-gur-gin7 i-im-te? | The splendor ... like a šugur vessel approached |
| 73 | nu2? [...]-sze3 silim-ma i3-nu2? | lying down peacefully(?) |
| 74 | u3 [...]-ku-ku [...] | and ...-kuku |
| 75 | [...] | |
| 76 | [...] | |
| 77 | [...] | |
| 78 | [...] gu3 [...] | ... shouted |
| 79 | i3-nu2-x i3-nu2-x [...] | He lies down, he lies down |
| 80 | en tur {d}gilgames2 en-sze3 nu2-de3-en | Young lord Gilgamesh, how long will you lie down? |
| 81 | kur ba-suh3-suh3 gissu ba-an-la2 | The mountains were trembling, the branches were stretched out. |
| 82 | AN? [...] | ... ... |
| 83 | {d}gilgames2 i-im-zi ma-mu2-da | Gilgamesh, the one who rises up, with me |
| 84 | i-im-bu-luh u3-sa2-ga-am3 | he shook, it was a storm |
| 85 | igi-ni szu bi2-in-gur10 nig2-me-gar sug4-ga-am3 | Her eyes have been bound, she is a barren thing. |
| 86 | zi ama ugu-ga2 {d}nin-sumun2-ka a-a ugu-ga2 ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | the life of my birth mother Ninsumun, the birth father of silver Lugalbanda |
| 87 | dingir-gu10 {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e [...] | My god, Enki, lord Nudimmud |
| 88 | [...] | |
| 89 | [...] | |
| 90 | ge26-e [...] sza3 mu-ni-[...]-dab5-be2 | I seized the heart of ... |
| 91 | ur-sag-e igi-ni igi pirig-ga2-kam | The hero, his face is the face of a lion. |
| 92 | |GISZ.GAB|-a-ni a-ge6 du7-du7-dam | His arrows are a roaring flood. |
| 93 | sag-ki-ni gesz-gi bi2-gu7-e lu2 nu-te-ge26-dam | His forehead eats reed, no one can approach it. |
| 94 | eme-a-ni ur-mah lu2 gu7-gin7 usz2 nu-szar2-ra-ge-dam | His tongue is a lion that cannot sustain a person like one who eats. |
| 95 | ur-sag-e usu nu-mu-e-da-gal2 ne-am3 mu-un-da-gal2 | The hero does not have strength, he has it. |
| 96 | arad-da-ni en-ki-du10-e gu3 mu-na-de2-e | Enkidu spoke to his servant: |
| 97 | [...] x [...] | |
| 98 | x [...] | |
| 99 | zi ama ugu-ga2 {d}nin-sumun2-ka a-a-ga2 ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | The life of my birth mother Ninsumun, the father holy Lugalbanda |
| 100 | dingir-gu10 {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e KA-za [...]-e3 | My god, Enki, lord Nudimmud, came forth from your mouth |
| 101 | ur-sag kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3 | May you be the hero who dwells in the netherworld. |
| 102 | giri3 tur-tur-zu-usz {kusz}e-sir2 tur-tur he2-ma-dim2-dim2-ma-am3 | Your small feet are small sandals that should be fashioned. |
| 103 | giri3 gal-gal-zu-usz {kusz}e-sir2 gal-gal he2-ma-dim2-dim2-ma-am3 | May your great feet make great sandals. |
| 104 | [...] | |
| 105 | [...] | |
| 106 | [...] | |
| 107 | [...] | |
| 108 | [...] x [...] u3-mu-ni-in-ku4 | ... he entered. |
| 109 | zi ama ugu-ga2 {d}nin-sumun2-ka a-a ugu-ga2 ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | the life of my birth mother Ninsumun, the birth father of silver Lugalbanda |
| 110 | dingir-gu10 {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e KA-za mu-ni-in-e3 | My god, Enki, lord Nudimmud, came forth from your mouth |
| 111 | ur-sag kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3 | May you be the hero who dwells in the netherworld. |
| 112 | giri3 tur-tur-zu-usz {kusz}e-sir2 tur-tur he2-ma-dim2-dim2-ma-am3 | Your small feet are small sandals that should be fashioned. |
| 113 | giri3 gal-gal-zu-usz {kusz}e-sir2 gal-gal he2-ma-dim2-dim2-ma-am3 | May your great feet make great sandals. |
| 114 | x x x x x kur [...]-ku4-ra | ... entering the land |
| 115 | [...] x [...] | |
| 116 | [...] | |
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| 128 | [...] | |
| 129 | gu-ru-um-gu-ru-um hur-sag-ga2 mu?-[...]-ne? | The gurumgurum of the mountain range |
| 130 | me-lam2 7(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-til-la-ta | It is the 7th melam, since it was finished for him |
| 131 | da-ga-na ba-te gesztu-a-ni tibir bi2-in-ra | He approached his side, he twisted his ears. |
| 132 | sag-ki mu-un-da-an-guru5-usz zu2 mu-un-da-zalag-zalag | He shaved his head, he cleaned his teeth. |
| 133 | am dab5-ba-gin7 samanx(|SZE3.SUD4.SZE3.NUN.SZE3.TU|) mu-ni-in-szub | Like a captured wild bull, he abandoned the saman offering. |
| 134 | ur-sag dab5-ba-gin7 aszkud2 mu-ni-in-la2 | Like a captured hero he stretched out a towel. |
| 135 | ur-sag-e er2 im-ma-an-pa3 szex(SIG7)-szex(SIG7) i3-ga2-ga2 | The hero wept, he set up a lament. |
| 136 | hu-wa-wa er2 im-ma-an-pa3 szex(SIG7)-szex(SIG7) i3-ga2-ga2 | Huwawa wept, he made a lament. |
| 137 | ur-sag-e lul mu-e-se3 szu si mu-e-sa2 nam-erim2 mu-e-ku5 | (Sum) The hero slanders him, he makes his hand tremble, and he cuts down the evildoer (Akk) The warrior, the liar, has cut down the enemy |
| 138 | zi ama ugu-zu {d}nin-sumun2-ka a-a-zu ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | Your birth mother Ninsumun, your holy father Lugalbanda |
| 139 | dingir-zu {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim2-mud KA-za mu-e-ni-e3 | Your god, Enki, lord Nudimmud, came forth from your mouth |
| 140 | am dab5-ba-gin7 saman2 mu-ni-szub | Like a captured wild bull, he dropped his net. |
| 141 | ur-sag dab5-ba-gin7 aszkud2 ba-ni-la2-la2 | Like a captured hero, he sat on a throne. |
| 142 | x x {d}gilgames2 dumu-gi7-ra sza3-ga-ni arhusz ba-[...] | ... Gilgamesh, the citizen, his heart was pacified |
| 143 | arad-da-na en-ki-du10-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e | He spoke to his servant Enkidu: |
| 144 | ga2-nam-ma ur-sag-ra szu ga-am3-bar-re-en-de3-en | I want to kiss the hero! |
| 145 | lu2 zu-me he2-a dur2 kaskal-la igi me-eb-du8-de3-a lu2 zu-me he2-a | Whether it is a man who knows, or a companion who looks at the road, |
| 146 | [...]-x-ba-gu10 he2-a kilib3-gu10 he2-em-mi-il2-le | ... may it be my ..., may it raise my whole body |
| 147 | [...] x [...] x x | |
| 148 | arad-da-a-ni en-ki-du10-e mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | His servant, Enkidu, will answer him. |
| 149 | x x dim2-ma nu-tuku | who does not have a ... |
| 150 | [...] x nu-tuku | ... has no ... |
| 151 | [...] nu-tuku | ... has no ... |
| 152 | ur-sag dab5-ba szu bar-ra-am3 | The hero who is seized is a freed man. |
| 153 | en dab5-ba ge6-par4-sze3 gur-ra-am3 | The en-priestess who is seized is returned to the ŋipar. |
| 154 | gudug dab5-ba hi-li-sze3 gur-ra-am3 | It is a gudug vessel seized with allure. |
| 155 | u4 ul-le2-a-ta a-ba-a igi im-mi-in-du8 | Who has seen anyone since distant days? |
| 156 | kaskal kur-ra mu-e-de3-eb-x la x e | The road to the netherworld ... |
| 157 | giri3 kur-ra mu-e-de3-eb-suh3-suh3-e | You make the paths of the netherworld tremble. |
| 158 | iri ama u3-tu-da nu-ub-szi-x-x-de3-en-de3-en | City, where the mother gave birth, we do not ... |
| 159 | [...] | |
| 160 | [...] | |
| 161 | [...] | |
| 162 | [...] | |
| 163 | hu-wa-wa [...]-ra mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | Huwawa will reply to ... |
| 164 | ama tu-da-gu10 hur-ru-um kur-ra | My birth mother, the mountain range of the netherworld, |
| 165 | a-a tu-da-gu10 hur-ru-um hur-sag-ga2 | My birth father, the mountain range of the mountains. |
| 166 | {d}utu dili-gu10-ne kur-ra mu-un-de3-en-tusz-en | Utu, when I am alone, I sit down in the netherworld. |
| 167 | {d}gilgames2 hu-wa-wa-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e | Gilgamesh spoke to Huwawa: |
| 168 | ga2-nam-ma x x GA2 [...] x | ... ... |
| 169 | [...] | |
| 170 | [...] | |
| 171 | [...] | |
| 172 | [...] | |
| 173 | [...] | |
| 174 | [...] | |
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