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CDLI Literary 000365 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa A) composite (P480190)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000365 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa A) composite
ID	P480190
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.

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1	en-e kur lu2 ti-la-sze3 gesztu2-ga-ni na-an-gub	The lord should not stand in the land of a living man.
2	en {d}gilgames2-e kur lu2 ti-la-sze3 gesztu2-ga-ni na-an-gub	Lord Gilgamesh, he did not set his mind towards the mountain of the living man.
3	arad-da-ni en-ki-du10-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e	His servant Enkidu spoke to him:
4	en-ki-du10 murgu gurusz-e ti-la sag ti-le-bi-sze3 la-ba-ra-an-e3-a	Enkidu, who lives on the shoulder of the young man, does not come out to save his head.
5	kur-ra ga-an-ku4 mu-gu10 ga-am3-gar	I want to enter the netherworld, [I want to place] my name there.
6	ki mu gub-bu-ba-am3 mu-gu10 ga-bi2-ib-gub	I want to stand at the place where a young man stands, my young man.
7	ki mu nu-gub-bu-ba-am3 mu dingir-re-e-ne ga-bi2-ib-gub	I want to stand in the place where no one stands, the name of the gods.
8	arad-da-ni en-ki-du10-e inim mu-un-ni-ib-gi4-gi4	His servant Enkidu replies:
9	lugal-gu10 tukum-bi u4-da kur-ra i-ni-in-ku4-ku4-de3 {d}utu he2-me-da-an-zu	My king, if the storm enters the netherworld, may Utu know it.
9a	kur-{gesz}erin-ku5-sze3 i-ni-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en	I will bring you to the Cedar Mountain.
10	{d}utu szul {d}utu he2-me-da-an-zu	Šamaš, youth Utu, may you know!
11	kur-ra dim2-ma-bi {d}utu-kam	It is the creation of Utu in the mountains.
12	kur-{gesz}erin-ku5 dim2-ma-bi szul {d}utu-kam {d}utu he2-me-da-an-zu	Its “cutting-of-the-throat'-plant is the youth Utu, may Uta know it.
13	{d}gilgames2-e masz2 babbar2-ra szu im-mi-in-tag	Gilgamesh touched the white kid.
14a	masz2 su4 masz2-da-ri-a gaba-na i-im-tab	he added a young kid and a younger kid to his chest.
14b	masz2 su4-a masz2 babbar [...] masz2 sza3 tam? ma-an-dab	The young kid, the white kid ..., the young kid seized by the heart
15	szu-ni gidru ku3 giri17-na ba-da-an-gal2	His hand held a holy scepter on his nose.
16	{d}utu an-na-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e	Šamaš spoke to An:
17	{d}utu kur-sze3 i-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en a2-tah-gu10 he2-me-en	Utu will bring me to the netherworld, may you be my helper.
18	kur-{gesz}erin-ku5-sze3 i-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en a2-tah-gu10 he2-me-en	You will enter the cedar forest, be my helper.
19	{d}utu an-na-ta inim mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4	Šamaš replied to An:
20	gurusz dumu-gi7 ni2-zu-a he2-me-en kur-ra a-na-bi-me-en	May you be a young man, a citizen of your own free will, what are you to the mountains?
21	{d}utu inim ga-ra-ab-du11 inim-gu10-usz gesztu2-zu	Šamaš, I want to speak a word to you, listen to my words!
22	silim ga-ra-ab-du11 gizzal he2-em-szi-ak	I want to speak good things to you, may a reed mat be made for you.
23	iri{ki}-ga2 lu2 ba-usz2 sza3 ba-sag3	In my city a man was killed, his heart was shaken.
24	lu2 u2-gu ba-an-de2 sza3-gu10 ba-an-gig	The one who has sinned, my heart is sick.
25	bad3-da gu2-ga2 im-ma-an-la2	he hung it on my neck in the wall.
26	ad6 a-a ib2-dirig-ge igi im-ma-an-se3	He looked at the dead, the father who bore him,
27	u3 ge26-e ur5-gin7 nam-ba-ak-e ur5-sze3 he2-me-a	And I, like a dog, should not do it, may I be the dog!
28	lu2 sukux(SUKUD)-ra2 an-sze3 nu-mu-un-da-la2	The one of the suku-offering did not raise his head to heaven.
29	lu2 dagal-la kur-ra la-ba-an-szu2-szu2	The broad man of the netherworld did not let him go out.
30	murgu gurusz-e ti-la sag ti-le-bi-sze3 la-ba-ra-an-e3-a	The young man’s body, while living, has not come out for you.
31	kur-ra ga-an-ku4 mu-gu10 ga-am3-gar	I want to enter the netherworld, [I want to place] my name there.
32	ki mu gub-bu-ba-am3 mu-gu10 ga-bi2-ib-gub	I want to stand at the place where a young man stands, my young man.
33	ki mu nu-gub-bu-ba-am3 mu dingir-re-e-ne ga-bi2-ib-gub	I want to stand in the place where no one stands, the name of the gods.
34	{d}utu er2-na kadra-gin7 szu ba-an-szi-in-ti	Šamaš, like a lamenting lament, has received it.
35	lu2 arhusz-a-gin7 arhusz ba-ni-in-ak	Like a man who has compassion, he has compassion.
36	ur-sag dumu ama dili-me-esz 7(disz)-me-esz	Hero, son of the mother, they are seven,
37	1(disz)-am3 szesz-gal-bi szu pirig-ga2 umbin hu-ri2-in-na	Its younger brother, with the hand of a lion and the hamstrings of the hurīna-tool,
38	2(disz)-kam-ma musz-sza3-tur3 ka x x KU szu USZ	The second: Muššatur ...
39	3(disz)-kam-ma musz uszum-gal musz [...] x RU	The 3rd: snake of Ušumgal, snake of ...
40	4(disz)-kam-ma izi sze6-sze6 x x ku4-ra	It is the fourth song. ... coming in.
41	5(disz)-kam-ma musz-sag-kal sza3 gi4-a ub KA x	The 5th, mušsagkal snake in distress ...
42	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,
43	7(disz)-kam-ma [...] nim-gin7 i3-gir2-gir2-re lu2 nu-da-gur-de3	It is the seventh song ... like lightning flashes, no one should turn back.
43a	x x [...]
43b	x x x x [...]
43c	7(disz) dili-dili [...] ki x x mu? [...]	7 singles ...
43d	x x e ki x x x x x [...]	... ...
43e	[...]
43f	[...] x hu-mu-ni-in-x-x	... may he
43g	[...] x x x nam-lugal x UD e e11-de3	... kingship ... going up.
43h	[...] {d?}nisaba-ke4 im-ma-ra-an-tah	... Nisaba took away
43i	[...]-la-me-esz ki-a har-ra-an-na zu-me-esz	They are ... on earth, they are on the road.
43j	[...] har-ra-an-na hu-mu-ni-in-pa3-de3	... may he choose ... on the road
44	ma2-ur3-ma2-ur3 hur-sag-ga2-ke4 hu-mu-ni-in-tum2-tum2-mu	May the mooring post of the mountains be brought to him.
45a	7(disz)-bi-e-ne ur-sag szul {d}utu {d}gilgames2-ra mu-un-na-ra-an-szum2	The seven of them the hero youth Utu gave to Gilgamesh
45b	ur-sag szul {d}utu en {d}gilgames2 7(disz)-be2-e-ne mu-na-ra-an-szum2	the hero youth Utu, lord of Gilgamesh, gave to him seven times.
46	{gesz}erin sag3-ge hul2-la-gin7 im-ma-na-ni-ib2-gar	Like a fallen cedar he placed it for him as a joy.
47	en {d}gilgames2-e hul2-la-gin7 im-ma-na-ni-ib2-gar	Like a joyful lord Gilgamesh, he set it up for him
48	iri{ki}-na lu2 dili-gin7 si gu3 ba-ni-in-ra	In his city like a single man he shouted
49	lu2 2(disz) tab-ba-gin7 ka tesz2 ba-ni-in-ra	Like a two-legged man, he opened his mouth together.
50	e2 tuku e2-a-ni-sze3 ama tuku ama-a-ni-sze3	The one who has a house, to her house, the one who [has a mother], to her mother,
51	nita {sag-dili}\|USZ.ME.ESZ\|{sag-di-lu-u2} ge26-e-gin7 ak a2-gu10-sze3 hu-mu-un-ak	I, the male sagdilû priestess, like I did, I did to my power.
52	e2 tuku e2-a-ni-sze3 ama tuku ama-a-ni-sze3	The one who has a house, to her house, the one who [has a mother], to her mother,
53	nita sag-dili e-ne-gin7 ak 5(u)-am3 a2-ni-sze3 ba-an-ak-esz	Like a single man they did 50 acts against his arm.
54a	e2 simug-sze3 giri3-ni bi2-in-gub	He set his foot at the house of the smith.
54b	_usz-ta-ka-asz-[...]_	... ...
55	{uruda}a2-asz-gar {uruda}aga-silig a2 nam-ur-sag-ni im-ma-ni-de2-de2	The ašgar and the našīgu-axes, his weapons of heroism, were thrown at him.
56	{gesz}kiri6 ge6-edin-na giri3-ni bi2-in-gub	He set his foot in the orchard of the plain.
57	{gesz}esi {gesz}ha-lu-ub2 {gesz}haszhur {gesz}taskarin-na-ka im-ma-ni-sag3-sag3	He struck the ebony, the halub tree, the apple tree and the date palm.
58	dumu iri-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-am3 [...]	The citizens of his city went with them
58a	ur-sag dumu ama dili [...]	Hero, child of a single mother
59	1(disz)-am3 szesz-gal-bi szu pirig-ga2 umbin hu-ri2-in{muszen}-na	Its elder brother, with the hand of a lion, the claws of the hurin bird
60	ma2-ur3-ma2-ur3 hur-sag-ga2-ke4 hu-mu-ni-in-tum2-tum2-mu	May the mooring post of the mountains be brought to him.
61	hur-sag 1(disz)-kam-ma in-di3-bala-lam {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pa3	The first mountain range he crossed, but his heart did not find the cedar
61a	hur-sag 2(disz)-kam bi-ri-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-a-ni nu-mu-un-na-szub	The second mountain range he crossed, his heart did not abandon the cedar.
61b	hur-sag 3(disz)-kam bi-ri-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-a-ni nu-mu-un-na-szub	The 3rd mountain range he traversed, his heart did not abandon cedar
61c	hur-sag 4(disz)-kam bi-ri-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-a-ni nu-mu-un-na-szub	The 4th mountain range he crossed, his heart did not abandon the cedar.
61d	hur-sag 5(disz)-kam bi-ri-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-a-ni nu-mu-un-na-szub	The 5th mountain range he crossed, his heart did not abandon the cedar.
61e	hur-sag 6(disz)-kam bi-ri-bala {gesz}erin sza3-ga-a-ni nu-mu-un-na-szub	The 6th mountain range he crossed, his heart did not abandon the cedar.
61f	hur-sag 3(disz)-kam-ma im-te-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.
61g	hur-sag 4(disz)-kam-ma im-te-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.
61h	hur-sag 5(disz)-kam-ma im-te-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.
61i	hur-sag 6(disz)-kam-ma im-te-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.
62	hur-sag 7(disz)-kam-ma bala-e-da-bi {gesz}erin sza3-ga-ni mu-ni-in-pa3	It is the 7th mountain range, and the cedar trees in its midst he chose it.
63	en3 nu-un-tar ki nu-un-kin	He did not inquire, he did not establish the place.
64	{d}gilgames2 {gesz}erin-na al-sag3-ge	Gilgamesh struck with the cedar
65a	en-ki-du10 pa-bi i3-ku5-ru NE [...] ki TUM x x {d}gilgames2-sze3 [...]	Enkidu cut down its branches ... to Gilgamesh
65b	en-ki-du10 {gesz}pa-bi [...] dumu iri-na mu-[...]	Enkidu, his arrow ... the son of his city
65c	[...]-ra en-ki-du10 [...]	Enkidu
66	gu-ru-ma [...] x x-ma im-ma-gub	... stood there.
66a	hu-wa-wa [...]	Huwawa
67a	ni2 te-[...] mu-na-ra-an-la2	He ... fear for him.
67b	en-ki-du10 gesz mu-na-an-ku5 dumu nu-mu-su-e mu-un-de3-re-esz2	Enkidu cut the tree for him, they brought out the sons who did not have children.
67c	gu2-ru-ma im-ma-ga2-ga2-ne	they set up a throne.
67d	KA [...] x KA [...]-bi-a {d}gilgamesx(\|BIL4.MESZ3.GA\|) {d}hu-wa-wa ki-nu2-a-ni im-ma-hu-luh-ha	... Gilgamesh and Ḫuwawa shook his bed.
67e	ni2 ta-ni x-mu-ra-e3-a	... his own self ...
68	{d}gilgames2 [...] x u3-sa2-gin7 ba-an-dab5	Gilgamesh seized ... like a snake
69	[...] kur-ku-gin7 ba-an-gar	... placed like a mountain
70	dumu iri{ki}-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-am3	The citizens of his city went with them.
71	ur-gi7 tur-tur-gin7 giri3-ni-sze3 szu ba-an-dub2-dub2-me-esz	They sat at his feet like small dogs.
72	en-ki-du10 im-zi ma2-mu2-da in-bu-luh u3-sa2-ga-am3	Enkidu, the imzida priest of the boat, he is the one who shook the boat.
73	igi-ni szu bi2-in-gur10 nig2-me-gar sug4-ga-am3	Her eyes have been bound, she is a barren thing.
74	szu mu-un-tag-ge nu-mu-un-na-an-zi-zi-i	He touched it, he did not raise his hands.
75	gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e inim nu-mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4	He spoke to him, but he did not answer him.
76	i3-nu2-na i3-nu2-na	She lies down, she lies down.
77	{d}gilgames2 en tur kul-ab{ki}-a en3-sze3 i3-nu2-de3-en	Gilgamesh, the small lord of Kulab, how long will you lie down?
78	kur ba-an-suh3-suh3 gissu ba-an-la2	The mountains were trembling, the branches were stretched out.
79	an-usan sze-er-sze-er-bi im-ma-DU	Anusan ... its lament.
80	{d}utu ur2 ama-ni {d}nin-gal-sze3 sag il2-la mu-un-gen	Utu went to the lap of his mother Ningal with a raised head.
81	{d}gilgames2 en-sze3 i3-nu2-de3-en	Gilgamesh, how long will you lie down?
82	dumu iri{ki}-za mu-un-de3-re7-esz-am3	The citizens of your city went with them.
83	ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ka nam-ba-e-de3-gub-bu-ne	Do not stand at the base of the mountain!
84	ama ugu-bi tilla2 iri{ki}-za-ka esz2 nam-bi2-ib-sar-re	The mother who bore him should not write a shrine in your city.
85	gesztu2 zi-da-na ba-e-se3	He listened to his righteous wisdom.
86	inim nam-ur-sag-ga2-ka-ni tug2-gin7 mu-ni-in-dul	He covered his words of heroism like a garment.
87	tug2 3(u) gin2 i3-a szu mu-un-nigin2-nigin2 gaba-na	He smeared her chest with a cloth of 30 shekels of oil.
88	gu4-gin7 ki gal-la ba-e-gub	Like an ox, you stand in the great place.
89	gu2 ki-sze3 bi2-in-gar KA ba-an-da-se3	he set his neck to the ground, he uttered a lament.
90	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
91	du10-ub ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sumun2-ka u3-sa2 du11-ga-gin7 ha-ma-dim2-ma	May my mother who bore me, Ninsumun, build it for me as if it were a stele.
92	2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 in-ga-nam-mu-na-ab-be2	for the 2nd time he said to him:
93	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
94	en-na lu2-bi lu2-u18-lu he2-a im-ma-zu-a-a-asz dingir he2-a im-ma-zu-a-asz	Now, whether that man knows it or not, whether he is a god,
95	giri3 kur-sze3 gub-ba-gu10 iri{ki}-sze3 ba-ra-gub-be2-en	When I stand at the foot of the mountain, I will not stand in the city.
96	arad zi ba-an-du10 nam-ti ba-an-ku7-ku7	The loyal servant is sweet, the life is sweet.
97	lugal-a-ni-ir inim mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4	he will reply to his king.
98	lugal-gu10 za-e lu2-ba igi nu-mu-ni-in-du8-a sza3 nu-mu-ni-dab5-be2-en	My king, you are the one who does not look at this man, you do not seize him.
99	ge26-e lu2-ba igi mu-ni-du8-a sza3 mu-ni-dab5-be2-en	I, the one who looked at me, I seized my heart.
100	ur-sag ka-ka-ni ka uszumgal-la-kam	Hero, his mouth is the mouth of a dragon.
101	igi-ni igi pirig-ga2-kam	His eye is the eye of a lion.
102	\|GISZ.GAB\|-a-ni a-ge6 du7-du7-dam	His arrows are a roaring flood.
103	sag-ki-ni gesz-gi bi2-gu7-a lu2 nu-mu-da-te-ge26-e-dam	If he eats reed, no one will approach him.
103a	usz11-da-a ur-mah lu2 gu7-a usz2 nu-ra-gid2-de3	The ušda-demon, the lion, the one who eats, will not extend the death.
103b	[...] MASZ USZ-am3	... is dead
103c	[...] ur-mah ad6 gu7 usz2-am3 nu-ra-gid2-de3	... a lion eats a dead animal, it cannot be repaid.
103d	[...] gu7 [...]	... eating ...
103e	[...] lugal KA na [...]	... the king
103f	[...] x x KA [...]	... ...
104	lugal-gu10 za-e kur-sze3 u5-a ge26-e iri{ki}-sze3 ga-u5	My king, you go to the netherworld, I want to ride to the city.
105	ama-zu-ur2 i3-ti-zu ga-na-ab-du11 zu2-zu2 he2-li9-li9	I want to speak to your mother, your spouse, so that she makes your teeth shine.
106	egir-ra ba-usz2-zu ga-na-ab-du11 er2-zu he2-sze8-sze8	I want to speak to him after you have died, may he weep for you.
106a	[...] mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4	... will reply to him.
107	gar-ra en-ki-du10 lu2 2(disz)-e nu-usz2-e {gesz}ma2-da-la2 nu-su-su	Enkidu, a two-year-old who does not sleep, does not restrain the boat
108	tug2 3(disz) tab-ba lu2 nu-ku5-de3	3 textiles, tabba, no one cut;
109	bad3-da a lu2 nu-szu2-szu2	With the wall no one can bathe.
110	e2 gi-sig-ga izi nu-te-en-te-en	The house of the reed screen does not cool down with fire.
111	za-e ge26-e tah-ma-ab ge26-e za-e ga-ra-ab-tah a-na-me lu2 ba-an-tum3	You, let me bring it to you, I want to take it away for you! What did the man bring?
112	ba-su-a-ba ba-su-a-ba	In those days, in those days
113	u4 {gesz}ma2 ma2-gan{ki} ba-su-a-ba	when the boat of Magan was moored,
114	{gesz}ma2-gur8 {gesz}ma2-gi4-lum ba-su-a-ba	When the barge and barge were loaded,
115	{gesz}ma2-da-la2 {gesz}ma2 zi-sza3-gal2-la-ka sza3 gal2-la i3-in-dab5	He seized the boat, the boat of life-giving radiance that was in the heart.
116	ga2-nam-ma ga-an-szi-re7-en-de3-en igi hu-mu-ni-ib-du8-ru-en-de3-en	Let us go and look at him!
117	tukum-bi in-szi-re7-en-de3-en	If we go,
118	ni2 i3-gal2 ni2 i3-gal2 gi4-a	There is fear, there is fear.
119	umun2 i3-gal2 umun2 i3-gal2 gi4-a	There is the lord, there is the young man.
120	nig2 sza3-zu ga2-nam-ma ga-an-szi-re7-en-de3-en	I want to go with you to what is in your heart.
121	nita 6(u) ninda la-ba-te-ge26-e-da-asz	If a man does not measure out 60 rods
122	hu-wa-wa e2 {gesz}erin-na-ka-ni in-ga-an-dab5	Huwawa has seized his cedar house
123	igi mu-szi-in-bar igi usz2-a-kam	He looked at me, it was the eye of death.
124	sag mu-un-na-an-bul-bul sag nam-tag-ga sug4-ga-am3	She spreads her head for him, it is a head full of sin.
124a	gu3 mu-un-na-de2-a inim nam-ma-su3-su3-u4	He spoke to him, he did not speak a word to him.
125	gurusz ba-da-me-en-na iri{ki} ama tu-da-zu nu-ub-szi-in-gur-ru-de3?	You are a young man, but your birth mother will not return to your city
126	{d}gilgames2 sa-na giri3-na ni2 ba-an-ri ni2 te-a-ni ba-an-ri	Gilgamesh trembled at his feet, he was terrified at his approaching.
127	giri3-ni ki-a li-bi2-in-de3-gi4	his feet he did not return to the ground.
128	giri3 umbin gal-a-ni giri3 x ba-an-us2	He twisted his great feet, ... feet.
129	za3-na NU11-na ba-ni-ri?	He smote his side(?)
130	i3-a lum-lum u3-luh-ha su3-su3	“In the oil, the lumlum and the uluhhu-diseases are covered.
131	dumu-gi7 giri17-zal dingir-re-e-ne	The young man, the joy of the gods
132	gu4 lipisz-tuku me3-a gub-ba	oxen with lustration and battle stationed,
133	ama-zu dumu tu-da mah-bi in-ga-an-zu	Your mother, your child born with a great gift, knows it.
134	emeda-ga-la2-zu dumu ur2-ra ga gu7 mah-bi in-ga-an-zu	Your Emedagala, child of the lap, knows how to eat supreme milk.
135	ni2 na-an-te-ge26-e-en szu ki-a se3-bi2-ib	You should not approach me with fear, you should not touch the ground.
136	szu ki-a bi2-in-se3 inim mu-na-ab-be2	he has sworn by the hand of the earth, he will speak to him.
137	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
138	kur-ra tusz-a-zu ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3	You who dwell in the mountain, you are not your neighbor, you who dwell on the mountain may you know.
139	en-me-bara2-ge4-e-si nin9 gal-gu10 nam-dam-sze3 kur-ra hu-mu-ra-ni-ku4-ra	Enmebaragesi, my great sister, may he bring you into the netherworld for marriage.
140	2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 in-ga-na-mu-na-ab-be2	for the 2nd time he said to him:
141	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
142	kur-ra tusz-a-zu ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3	You who dwell in the mountain, you are not your neighbor, you who dwell on the mountain may you know.
143	ma-tur nin9 ban3-da-gu10 nam-lukur-sze3 kur-ra hu-mu-ra-ni-ku4-ra-am3	My little sister, my younger sister, may she enter the netherworld for you.
144	ni2-zu ba-am3-ma-ra su-za ga-an-ku4	I want to bring your own self into your lap.
145	ni2 te-a-ni 1(disz)-am3 mu-na-ra-an-ba	his fearsomeness was for him for the first time.
146	dumu iri{ki} mu-un-de3-re7-esz-a	the citizens of the city who had gone
147	pa-bi i3-ku5-ru-ne zu2 ba-an-kesz2-re-ne	They cut off their teeth and bound their teeth.
148	ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ka mu-ni-ib-nu2-u3-ne	they lie down at the base of the mountain.
148a	2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 in-ga-nam-mu-na-ab-be2	for the 2nd time he said to him:
148b	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
148c	kur-ra tusz-a-zu ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3	You who dwell in the mountain, you are not your neighbor, you who dwell on the mountain may you know.
148d	[...]
148e	kur-ra hu-mu-ra-ni-du-en	I will bring them to you in the mountains.
148f	su-zu-a nu-mu-ra-te-ge26-de3-en	We will not approach your body.
148g	ni2-zu ba-am3-ma-ra su-zu-am3 ga-an-ku4	I want to enter with your own self.
148h	ni2 te-a-ni 2(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra-an-ba	It is the second time that he prayed to him.
148i	dumu iri-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-am3	The citizens of his city went with them.
148j	pa-bi i3-ku5-ru-ne zu2 bi-kesz2-re-ne ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ke4	They cut their branches, they bound their teeth in the base of the mountain range.
148k	mu-ni-ib-nu2-nu2-e	he made lie down.
148l	3(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 in-ga-nam-mu-na-ab-be2	for the 3rd time he said to him:
148m	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
148n	kur-ra tusz-a-zu ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-e za he2-zu-am3	You who dwell in the mountains, you who do not know, may you be the one who dwells in the mountain.
148o	zid2-esza nig2-gu7 dingir gal-gal-e-ne {kusz}ummu a sed4	“Her flour, food of the great gods, was soothed with a cloth,
148p	kur-ra hu-mu-ra-ni-du-en	I will bring them to you in the mountains.
148q	su-zu-a nu-mu-ra-te-ge26-de3-en	We will not approach your body.
148r	ni2-zu ba-am3-ma-ra su-zu-am3 ga-an-ku4	I want to enter with your own self.
148s	ni2 te-a-ni 3(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra-an-ba	whose fearsomeness is for the 3rd time he set for him,
148t	dumu iri-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-am3	The citizens of his city went with them.
148u	pa-bi i3-ku5-ru-ne zu2 bi-kesz2-re-ne	They cut off their branches, they bound their teeth.
148v	ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ke4 mu-ni-ib-nu2-nu2-e	She lies down at the base of the mountain.
148w	4(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 in-ga-nam-mu-na-ab-be2	For the 4th time he will say to him:
148x	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
148y	kur-ra tusz-a-zu ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3	You who dwell in the mountain, you are not your neighbor, you who dwell on the mountain may you know.
148z	giri3 gal-gal-la {kusz}e-sir2 gal-gal-la hu-mu-ra-ni-in-du-en	I shall bring you the great foot and the great sandals.
148aa	su-zu-am3 nu-mu-ra-te-ge26-de3-en	We will not approach your body.
148bb	ni2-zu ba-am3-ma-ra su-zu-am3 ga-an-ku4	I want to enter with your own self.
148cc	ni2 te-a-ni 4(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra-an-ba	His fear was the 4th, when he presented it to him.
148dd	dumu iri-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-am3	The citizens of his city went with them.
148ee	pa-bi i3-ku5-ru-ne zu2 bi-kesz2-re-ne	They cut off their branches, they bound their teeth.
148ff	ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ke4 mu-ni-nu2-nu2-e	She lies down at the base of the mountain.
148gg	5(disz)-kam-ma in-ga-nam-mu-na-ab-be2	It is the 5th time he speaks to him.
148hh	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
148ii	kur-ra tusz-a-zu ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3	You who dwell in the mountain, you are not your neighbor, you who dwell on the mountain may you know.
148jj	giri3 tur-tur-zu-usz {kusz}e-sir2 tur-tur-e kur-ra hu-mu-ra-ni-in-du-en	May your small feet, the small sandals, carry you to the netherworld.
148kk	su-zu-am3 nu-mu-ra-te-ge26-de3-en	We will not approach your body.
148ll	ni2-zu ba-am3-ma-ra su-zu-am3 ga-an-ku4	I want to enter with your own self.
148mm	ni2 te-a-ni 5(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra-an-ba	It is the 5th niŋeštu that he dedicated it to him.
148nn	dumu iri-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-a	the citizens of his city who went with them
148oo	pa-bi i-ku5-ru-ne zu2 bi-kesz2-re-ne	They cut off their branches and bound them.
148pp	ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ke4 mu-ni-ib-nu2-nu2-e	She lies down at the base of the mountain.
148qq	6(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 in-ga-nam-mu-na-ab-be2	for the 6th time he said to him:
148rr	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
148ss	kur-ra tusz-a-zu ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-a-zu he2-zu-am3	You who dwell in the mountain, you are not your neighbor, you who dwell on the mountain may you know.
148tt	{na4}du8-szi-a {na4}nir7 {na4}za-gin3-na	Dušia stone, nir stone, lapis lazuli
148uu	nam kur-ra-sze3 hu-mu-ra-ni-in-du-en	I shall go to the fate of the netherworld for you.
148vv	su-zu-am3 nu-mu-ra-te-ge26-de3-en	We will not approach your body.
148ww	ni2-zu ba-am3-ma-ra su-zu-am3 ga-an-ku4	I want to enter with your own self.
148xx	ni2 te-a-ni 6(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra-an-ba	It is the 6th time that he dedicated it to him.
148yy	dumu iri-na mu-un-de3-re7-esz-a	the citizens of his city who went with them
148zz	pa-bi i-ku5-ru-ne zu2 bi-kesz2-re-ne	They cut off their branches and bound them.
148aaa	ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ke4 mu-ni-ib-nu2-nu2-e	She lies down at the base of the mountain.
149	ni2 te-a-ni 7(disz)-kam-ma mu-un-na-til-la-ta da-ga-na ba-te	After he had finished his fear, he approached his side.
150	musz gar3 gesztin-na-gin7 murgu-na im-ta-du-du	Like a snake ... on his back like grapes.
151	ne mu-un-su-ub-ba-gin7 te-na tibir-ra ba-ni-in-ra	Like one who trembles in fear, he is thrown into a trap.
152	hu-wa-wa zu2 ba-an-da-zalag	Huwawa shines brightly.
152a	hu-wa-wa {d}gilgames2-ra gu3 [...]-e	Huwawa cried out to Gilgamesh
152b	ur-sag lul se3-se3-ge [...]	The hero, the false one, ...
152c	2(disz)-na-ne-ne-bi mah ka [...] ugu-na [...]	Their 2nd is supreme ... upon him
152d	ur-sag da-gan2-ni-ta [...] tusz-a mu-na-ab-be2	The hero, sitting at the edge of his field, speaks to him
152e	hu-wa-wa da-gan2-ni-ta mu?-[...] tusz-a mu-na-ab-be2	Huwawa ... from his field, he says to him: "Sit"
152f	ur-sag-e dur2 im-ma-gar er2 im-ma-an-pa3 szex(SIG7)-szex(SIG7) i3-ga2-ga2	The hero sat down, he wept, and made a lament.
152g	hu-wa-wa dur2 im-ma-gar er2 im-ma-an-pa3 szex(SIG7)-szex(SIG7) i3-ga2-ga2	Huwawa sat down, he wept, and made a lament.
152h	hu-wa-wa {d}gilgames2-ra sza3-ne-sza4 ka [...]	Ḫuwawa, Gilgamesh, in his heart’s desire
152i	am dab5-ba-gin7 saman bi2-in-szub	Like a captured wild bull, he smashed the spear.
152j	gurusz dab5-ba-gin7 a2-ni mu-un-la2-la2	Like a captured young man, he stretched out his arms.
152k	{d}hu-wa-wa er2 im-ma-pa3 x [...] a gur	Huwawa wept, ... gur of water
153	{d}gilgames2 szu ba-am3-tuk4	Gilgamesh took it.
154	{d}utu-ra inim ga-mu-na-ab-du11	I want to speak a word to Utu
155	{d}utu ama tu-da-gu10 nu-um-zu a-a bulug3-ga2-gu10 nu-um-zu	Utu, my mother who bore me does not know, my birth father who grew up did not know.
156	kur-ra mu-un-tu-de3-en za-e mu-un-bulug3-e	You have given birth to me in the mountains, you have made me grow.
157	{d}gilgames2 zi an-na ma-an-pa3 zi ki-a ma-an-pa3 zi kur-ra ma-an-pa3	Gilgamesh chose the righteous one of heaven, chose the wronged one of earth, chosen the good one of the netherworld
158	szu-sze3 mu-un-dab5 ki za nam-ba-an-tum3	He seized him, he did not bring him to your place.
159	u4-ba {d}gilgames2 dumu-gi7-ra sza3-ga-ni arhusz ba-ni-in-tuku	At that time Gilgamesh, the citizen, had compassion for him.
160	arad-da-ni en-ki-du10-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e	His servant Enkidu spoke to him:
161	en-ki-du10 muszen dab5-ba ki-bi-sze3 ha-ba-du	Enkidu, the captured bird, may he go to this place.
162	gurusz dab5-ba ur2 ama-na-sze3 he2-gi4-gi4	May the captured young man return to the lap of his mother.
163	en-ki-du10-e {d}gilgames2-ra inim mu-un-ni-ib-gi4-gi4	Enkidu replied to Gilgamesh:
164	i3-a lum-lum u3-luh-ha su3-su3	“In the oil, the lumlum and the uluhhu-diseases are covered.
165	dumu-gi7 giri17-zal dingir-re-e-ne	The young man, the joy of the gods
166	gu4 lipisz-tuku me3-a gub-be2	standing in battle with a wild ox?
167	en tur {d}gilgames2 unu{ki} mi2 du11-ga	the young lord Gilgamesh who loves Uruk
168	ama-zu dumu u3-tu mah-bi in-ga-an-zu	Your mother knows that the child who gave birth to him is a magnificent child.
169	emeda-ga-la2-zu dumu ga gu7 mah-bi in-ga-an-zu	Your nursemaid, the child who eats great milk, knows it.
170	sukux(SUKUD)-ra2 dim2-ma nu-tuku	who does not have a design,
171	nam-tar i3-gu7-e nam-tar nu-ub-zu-zu	The fate that he eats, the fate that she does not know.
172	muszen dab5-ba ki-bi-sze3 du-a-bi	The bird that was seized went to its place.
173	gurusz dab5-ba ur2 ama-na-sze3 gi4-gi4-dam	The captured young man is to be returned to the lap of his mother.
174	za-e iri ama tu-da-zu nu-ub-szi-gur-ru-de3-en	You, city, your birth mother, do not return to you.
174a	ur-sag dab5-ba szu bar-ra en dab5-ba ge6-par3-ra [...]	The hero, seized, released, the lord, captured in the Gipar
174b	gudug dab5-ba hi-li-sze3 gur-ra u4 ul-le2-a-ta [...]	After the gudug vessel was seized and its allure returned, from distant days
174c	x gal mu?-un-[...]	... great
174d	[...] mu-un-[...]	... ...
174e	[...] du11-ga-ni-sze3 gesztu2-ga-ni [...]	... his command, his intelligence
175	hu-wa-wa en-ki-du10-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e	Huwawa spoke to Enkidu:
176	ga2-ra en-ki-du10 inim	For me, Enkidu, the word
177	lu2 hun-ga2 sza3-gal im-ma-hun egir gaba-ri us2-sa inim mu-na-ab-hul-hul	The hired man was enraged, behind the rival he spoke to him:
177a	[...] KA mu-na-[...]	... spoke to him
177b	[...] ni2-zu ba-szi-[...]	... your fearsomeness
178	ur5-gin7 hu-mu-na-ab-be2-a-ka	May he say to him "like a dog"
179a	{d}en-ki-du10 ib2-ba lipisz bala-a-ni gu2-ni im-ma-an-ku5	Enkidu cut off his anger and his reign.
179b	gu2-ni im-ma-an-ku5-re-esz	they cut off his neck.
180	sza3 {kusz}a-ga2-la2-sze3 mu-un-da-gar	he placed it inside a bag.
181	igi {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 i-ni-in-ku4-re-esz	they entered before Enlil.
182	igi {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 giri17 ki su-ub-ba-ni-ta	before Enlil, by means of his nose in the place of Subbani
183	{tug2}a-ga2-la2 bi2-in-szub sag-du-ni bi2-in-e3-de3	He abandoned the agala garment and brought out his headdress.
184	igi {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 im-ma-ni-in-gar-re-esz	they placed before Enlil.
185	{d}en-lil2-le sag-du {d}hu-wa-wa igi ba-ni-in-du8-a	Enlil looked at the head of Huwawa.
186	inim {d}gilgames2 sza3 bi2-in-dab5	the word of Gilgamesh seized it
186a	igi {d}en-lil2 u3 {d}nin-lil2-le im-ma-an-tum2-me-esz	before Enlil and Ninlil they brought.
186b	{d}en-lil2 ba-te-a-ni a-ab-ta ba-ra-e3	When Enlil approached, he came out from the sea.
186c	u3 {d}nin-lil2 DI KA ba? ba-ra-e3	and Ninlil ... left
186d	u4 {d}en-lil2 u3 {d}nin-lil2 im-ma-an-gur-ru-da-ni	when Enlil and Ninlil returned
187	a-na-asz-am3 ur5-gin7 i3-ak-en-ze2-en	Why do you act like this?
188a	x x x-am3 i3-ak-en-ze2-en x x	... I will do ...
188b	ba-du11-ga-ke4-esz mu-ni ki-ta ha-lam-ke4-esz	“The one who spoke, his name was destroyed from the earth.
189a	igi-zu-ne-ne-a he2-en-tusz	may he sit before you.
189b	x x x ha-ba-e3 he2-en-tusz	... may he come out and dwell there.
189c	[...] x x IGI x [...]	... ...
190	ninda gu7-zu-ne-ne-a he2-gu7-e	May they eat your food!
191	a nag-zu-ne-ne-a he2-na8-na8	may he drink the water of your drinking.
192a	x-zu-e-ne-ka me-te-asz he2-im-mi-gal2	May he be present in your ...
192b	{d}hu-wa-wa e-ne me-te [...]	Ḫuwawa, whose word is appropriate
192d	{d}en-lil2 ki-tusz-a-ni-ta me-lam2 an-na-ni mu-na-x x-ba	Enlil ... the aura of his dwelling for him.
193	me-lam2-a-ni 2(disz)-kam-ma i7-da-sze3 ba-an-szum2	His 2nd radiance he gave to the river.
194	me-lam2-a-ni 3(disz)-kam-ma gesz-gi-sze3 ba-an-szum2	His 3rd radiance he gave to the reed bed.
195	me-lam2-a-ni 4(disz)-kam-ma ur-mah-sze3 ba-an-szum2	His 4th radiance he gave to the lion.
196	me-lam2-a-ni 5(disz)-kam-ma e2-gal-sze3 ba-an-szum2	his aura 5 times to the palace he gave.
197	me-lam2-a-ni 6(disz)-kam-ma tir-tir-sze3 ba-an-szum2	His splendor he gave to the forest for the 6th time.
198	me-lam2-a-ni 7(disz)-kam-ma {d}nun-gal-sze3 ba-an-szum2	His aura was given to Nungal for the 7th time.
199a	[...]-ma ni2 te-a-ni ba-an-ti	... his fear has been released.
199b	ib2-tak4 me-lam2-ma x {d}gilgames2 x x DU AB da DU x x	he abandoned the splendor of Gilgamesh ...
200	kal-ga {d}gilgames2 mi2 du11-ga	mighty Gilgamesh, lovingly
201a	{d}nisaba za3-mi2	Nisaba, praise!
201b	{d}hu-wa-wa [...]	Huwawa
201c	mi2 du11-ga en-ki-du10 za3-mi2 [...]	Enkidu’s praise

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