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Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa (Version B) (Q000366)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa (Version B) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000366 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | i₃-a lum-lum u₃-luh-ha sud-sud | “Let the lumlum and uluhhu-diseases be undone! |
| 2 | dumu-gir₁₅ giri₁₇-zal diŋir-re-e-ne | The girdling sons, the joy of the intertwined ones |
| 3 | gud lipiš-tuku me₃-a gub-ba | Standing in battle with a wild bull |
| 4 | en TUR {d}gilgameš₂ unug{ki}-ta mi₂ dug₄-ga | lord, child of Gilgamesh, who loves Uruk, |
| 5 | unug{ki}-ga lu₂ ba-uš₂ ur₅ ba-sag₃ | In Uruk a man was killed, he was struck down. |
| 6 | lu₂ u₂-gu ba-an-de₂ šag₄ hul i₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | The one who has sinned will be seized by an evil demon |
| 7 | bad₃-da su-ŋu₁₀ im-ma-an-la₂ | he stretched out a net over the wall. |
| 8 | lu₂ a-a ib₂-dirig-ge₄ igi im-mi-in-sig₁₀-ga-am₃ | “Did you see the man who was enraged by his father? |
| 9 | ur₅ im-ma-uš₂ šag₄ im-ma-sag₃ | He sat down, he trembled |
| 10 | zag nam-til-la saŋ im-gi₄-a | he has paid in full the capital of the loan. |
| 11 | irigal kur nam-gu₂-ka-ke₄ lu₂ la-ba-an-da₁₃-da₁₃-a | The irigal priestess of the land of Namguŋ, no one compares with him. |
| 12 | sud-da kur-ra la-ba-an-gib-be₂-a | ... will not return to the netherworld. |
| 13 | daŋal-la kur-ra la-ba-an-šu₂-šu₂-a | There is no crossroads in the land |
| 14 | zag ŋuruš til-la saŋ til-la-bi-še₃ la-ba-ra-ab-ed₃-de₃-a | I did not bring to an end the part of the young male donkey that was finished, |
| 15 | zi ama ugu-ŋu₁₀ {d}nin-sumun₂-ka a-a-ŋu₁₀ kug {d}lugal-ban₃-da | The life of the birth mother, Ninsumun, the father, the silver of Lugalbanda |
| 16 | diŋir-ŋu₁₀ {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim₂-mud-e | Ibirbu, Enki, lord Nudimmud |
| 17 | x X X me X x X-ta | [......]... |
| 18 | x X X x | |
| 19 | x X x šub | ... left |
| 20 | x du₃-du₃ PA-bi-še₃ ga-am₃-til | ... I want to finish its ... |
| 21 | x šub-ba ga-am₃-mi-ib-kur₉ | I want to bring ... into the hand. |
| 22 | arad-da-ni en-ki-du₁₀-e gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | Enkidu spoke to his servant: |
| 23 | x tukum-bi kur-še₃ i-in-ku₄-ku₄-de₃-en | If you enter the netherworld |
| 24 | {d}utu he₂-da-an-zu | may Utu know. |
| 25 | kur-{ŋiš}erin-kud-še₃ i-in-ku₄-ku₄-de₃-en | “He will bring me into the mountain of cedarṣ, |
| 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-{ŋiš}erin-kud dim₂-ma-bi šul {d}utu-kam | It is the “Kur-Ereš-Kud's] creation, the head of Utu. |
| 29 | {d}utu an-na-ke₄ suh₁₀ za-gin₃ mu-un-keše₂ | Utu of heaven bound it with a lapis beard. |
| 30 | saŋ il₂-la mu-un-ŋen | He raised the net. |
| 31 | {d}gilgameš₂ en kul-aba{ki}-ke₄ šu-ni ŋidru kug giri₁₇-na ba-ab-tab | Gilgamesh the lord of Kulaba his hand with a holy scepter was pierced by his nose |
| 32 | {d}utu kur-še₃ i-in-ku₄-ku₄-de₃-en he₂-me-en a₂-tah-ŋu₁₀ | Šamaš, when you enter the netherworld, may you be a helper |
| 33 | kur-erin-kud i-in-ku₄-ku₄-de₃-en he₂-me-en a₂-tah-ŋu₁₀ | “If he enters the netherworld, you shall be my helper. |
| 38 | 1-am₃ x | 1 ... |
| 39 | 2-kam-ma x | It is the second song |
| 40 | 3-kam-ma x | It is the third song |
| 41 | 4-kam-ma x | It is the fourth song. |
| 42 | 5-kam-ma X X x mu-un-tab-tab-e | It is the fifth song. |
| 43 | 6-kam-ma a-ŋi₆ du₇-du₇-gin₇ kur-ra gaba ra-ra | It is the sixth song. Like a flowing flood sweeping over the mountain. |
| 44 | 7-kam-ma nim-gin₇ i₃-ŋir₂-ŋir₂-re a₂-bi-še₃ lu₂ nu-ub-gur-e | The seventh song “If the wind blows like a wind, no one will return it." |
| 45 | e-ne-ne an-na mul-la-me-eš ki-a har-ra-an zu-me-eš | They are the stars of heaven, they are the paths of earth. |
| 46 | an-na mul X X X il₂-la-me-eš | They are the stars of heaven ... |
| 47 | ki-a kaskal aratta{ki} zu-me-eš | On earth, the road to Aratta is yours |
| 48 | dam-gar₃-ra-gin₇ ŋiri₃-bal zu-me-eš | Like a merchant they are torn apart by a canal |
| 49 | tum₁₂{mušen}-gin₇ ab-lal kur-ra zu-me-eš | Like a wind blowing, they are the ones who are torn apart in the nether world |
| 50 | ma₂-ur₃-ma₂-ur₃ hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ka he₂-mu-e-ni-tum₂-tum₂-mu-ne | they shall bring him to the quay of the mountain range. |
| 51 | {d}gilgameš₂ iri-ni-a zig₃-ga ba-ni-ib-ŋar | Gilgamesh rose up high in his city |
| 52 | X X kul-aba{ki}-a si gu₃ ba-ni-in-ra | ... shouted in Kulaba |
| 53 | iri dam tuku dam zu-še₃ dumu tuku dumu-zu-še₃ | The city that has a spouse, who knows a wife, a child who knows her child, |
| 54 | ur-saŋ zu ur-saŋ nu-zu | The hero knows it, the hero does not know it |
| 55 | dam nu-tuku dumu nu-tuku | She has no wife, she has no child. |
| 56 | lu₂ ur₅-a lu₂ {d}gilgameš₂-da a₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ hu-mu-un-ak-eš | The one who is a stranger, the one of Gilgamesh, may he do (this). |
| 57 | lugal iri-ta ba-ra-e₃ | the king left the city. |
| 58 | {d}gilgameš₂ kul-aba{ki}-ta ba-ra-e₃ | Gilgamesh left Kulaba |
| 59 | kur-{ŋiš}erin-kud-da ŋiri₃ im-ma-ab-dab₅-be₂ | Kur-Nerin-kuda captured the mountain range. |
| 60 | hur-saŋ 1-e in-di₃-in-bal {ŋiš}erin šag₄-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pad₃ | He crossed over the mountains one by one, he did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 61 | hur-saŋ 2-kam-ma in-di₃-in-bal {ŋiš}erin šag₄-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pad₃ | He crossed over the second mountain range, he did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 62 | hur-saŋ 3-kam-ma in-di₃-in-bal {ŋiš}erin šag₄-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pad₃ | He crossed over the 3rd mountain range, he did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 63 | hur-saŋ 4-kam-ma in-di₃-in-bal {ŋiš}erin šag₄-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pad₃ | He crossed the 4th mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart. |
| 64 | hur-saŋ 5-kam-ma in-di₃-in-bal {ŋiš}erin šag₄-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pad₃ | He crossed over the 5th mountain range and did not find the cedar in his heart. |
| 65 | hur-saŋ 6-kam-ma in-di₃-in-bal {ŋiš}erin šag₄-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-pad₃ | It is the sixth mountain range he crossed, he did not find the cedar in his heart |
| 66 | hur-saŋ 7-kam-ma bal-e-da-ni {ŋiš}erin šag₄-ga-ni im-ma-ni-in-pad₃ | On the 7th of the Hursa he chose his bale and cedar as his base. |
| 67 | {d}gilgameš₂ {ŋiš}erin-na al-sag₃-ge | Gilgamesh trembles with cedar smoke |
| 68 | arad-da-ni en-ki-du₁₀-e pa mu-un-ši-ak-e | Enkidu has made his servant manifest. |
| 69 | dumu iri-na mu-un-de₃-re₇-eš-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 | ud-bi-a ur-saŋ ur-saŋ-ra u₃-mu-un-na-te | At that time, the hero, the lady, the lords |
| 72 | me-lem₄ x šu-gur-gin₇ i-im-te | The evil ... approaches like a hand. |
| 73 | nu₂ x-še₃ silim-ma i₃-nu₂ | lying down in ... peacefully |
| 74 | u₃ X-ku-ku x | and ... |
| 78 | x gu₃ x | ... cry ... |
| 79 | i₃-nu₂-x i₃-nu₂-X x | He lies down, he lies down |
| 80 | en TUR {d}gilgameš₂ en-še₃ nu₂-de₃-en | “You are the young lord Gilgamesh, you are the one who lies down. |
| 81 | kur ba-suh₃-suh₃ ŋissu ba-an-la₂ | The land was trembling, its foundations were twisted. |
| 82 | AN x | Mars? |
| 83 | {d}gilgameš₂ i-im-zig₃ ma-mu₂-da | Gilgamesh rises, with me |
| 84 | i-im-bu-luh u₃-sa₂-ga-am₃ | he shook, it was a storm |
| 85 | igi-ni šu bi₂-in-gur₁₀ niŋ₂-me-ŋar sug₄-ga-am₃ | His face was covered with blood, he was covered in fear |
| 86 | zi ama ugu-ŋa₂ {d}nin-sumun₂-ka a-a ugu-ŋa₂ kug {d}lugal-ban₃-da | The life of the mother who bore me Ninsumun, the life of my father, the silver of Lugalbanda |
| 87 | diŋir-ŋu₁₀ {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim₂-mud-e x | Ibirbu, Enki, lord Nudimmud |
| 90 | ŋe₂₆-e x šag₄ mu-ni-X-dab₅-be₂ | ... seized him. |
| 91 | ur-saŋ-e igi-ni igi piriŋ-ŋa₂-kam | The hero's eye is the eye of a ghost. |
| 92 | |GIŠ.GABA|-a-ni a-ŋi₆ du₇-du₇-dam | His breast-bone is smashed in floods. |
| 93 | saŋ-ki-ni ŋiš-gi bi₂-gu₇-e lu₂ nu-teŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-dam | He eats the reed bundles, no one can escape it. |
| 94 | eme-a-ni ur-mah lu₂ gu₇-gin₇ uš₂ nu-šar₂-ra-ge-dam | His tongue is a lion that cannot be defeated like a man eating. |
| 95 | ur-saŋ-e usu nu-mu-e-da-ŋal₂ ne-am₃ mu-un-da-ŋal₂ | The hero does not carry strength, he carried it himself. |
| 96 | arad-da-ni en-ki-du₁₀-e gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | Enkidu spoke to his servant: |
| 97 | x X x | |
| 98 | X x | |
| 99 | zi ama ugu-ŋa₂ {d}nin-sumun₂-ka a-a-ŋa₂ kug {d}lugal-ban₃-da | the life of the birth mother Ninsumun, the father of the silver of Lugalbanda |
| 100 | diŋir-ŋu₁₀ {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim₂-mud-e KA-za X-e₃ | Ibirbu, Enki, lord Nudimmud, came forth from your mouth |
| 101 | ur-saŋ kur-ra tuš-a-zu he₂-zu-am₃ | May your hero who dwells in the netherworld know it! |
| 102 | ŋiri₃ tur-tur-zu-uš {kuš}e-sir₂ tur-tur he₂-ma-dim₂-dim₂-ma-am₃ | “May your small canals and little canals be made perfect for you! |
| 103 | ŋiri₃ gal-gal-zu-uš {kuš}e-sir₂ gal-gal he₂-ma-dim₂-dim₂-ma-am₃ | May the great mountain ranges be fashioned with large sandals |
| 108 | x X x u₃-mu-ni-in-kur₉ | ... he brought. |
| 109 | zi ama ugu-ŋa₂ {d}nin-sumun₂-ka a-a ugu-ŋa₂ kug {d}lugal-ban₃-da | The life of the mother who bore me Ninsumun, the life of my father, the silver of Lugalbanda |
| 110 | diŋir-ŋu₁₀ {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim₂-mud-e KA-za mu-ni-in-e₃ | Ibirbu, Enki, lord Nudimmud, came out from your mouth. |
| 111 | ur-saŋ kur-ra tuš-a-zu he₂-zu-am₃ | May your hero who dwells in the netherworld know it! |
| 112 | ŋiri₃ tur-tur-zu-uš {kuš}e-sir₂ tur-tur he₂-ma-dim₂-dim₂-ma-am₃ | “May your small canals and little canals be made perfect for you! |
| 113 | ŋiri₃ gal-gal-zu-uš {kuš}e-sir₂ gal-gal he₂-ma-dim₂-dim₂-ma-am₃ | May the great mountain ranges be fashioned with large sandals |
| 114 | x X X x X kur x-kur₉-ra | ... mountain ... |
| 115 | x X x | |
| 129 | gu-ru-um-gu-ru-um hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ mu-x-ne | They ... the Gurumgurum in the mountains. |
| 130 | me-lem₄ 7-kam-ma mu-na-til-la-ta | It is the seventh melem, after it has finished. |
| 131 | da-ga-na ba-te ŋeštug-a-ni tibir bi₂-in-ra | He approached his side, he twisted his garment. |
| 132 | saŋ-ki mu-un-da-an-guru₅-uš zu₂ mu-un-da-zalag-zalag | (Sum) He shaved his head, he cleaned his teeth (Akk) He washed himself with his sa-kiln and cleaned himself |
| 133 | am dab₅-ba-gin₇ samanₓ(|EŠ₂.SUD₄.EŠ₂.NUN.EŠ₂.TU|) mu-ni-in-šub | Like a captured wild bull, he set up a saman offering. |
| 134 | ur-saŋ dab₅-ba-gin₇ aškud₂ mu-ni-in-la₂ | Like a captured hero, he stretched out a net for her |
| 135 | ur-saŋ-e er₂ im-ma-an-pad₃ šeₓ(SIG₇)-šeₓ(SIG₇) i₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | The hero wept, he screamed |
| 136 | hu-wa-wa er₂ im-ma-an-pad₃ šeₓ(SIG₇)-šeₓ(SIG₇) i₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | Ḫuwawa wept, he screamed |
| 137 | ur-saŋ-e lul mu-e-sig₁₀ šu si mu-e-sa₂ nam-erim₂ mu-e-kud | (Sum) The hero is a false one, he makes his hand equal to his hand (Akk) You are the false hero, you make your hand equal (to) the hand |
| 138 | zi ama ugu-zu {d}nin-sumun₂-ka a-a-zu kug {d}lugal-ban₃-da | Your birth mother, Ninsumun, your father, the silver of Lugalbanda |
| 139 | diŋir-zu {d}en-ki en {d}nu-dim₂-mud KA-za mu-e-ni-e₃ | Your ‘distortion-of-justice’, Enki, lord Nudimmud, came forth from your mouth. |
| 140 | am dab₅-ba-gin₇ saman₂ mu-ni-šub | Like a captured wild bull, he set up a bow. |
| 141 | ur-saŋ dab₅-ba-gin₇ aškud₂ ba-ni-la₂-la₂ | Like a seized hero, he stretches out a knife for her |
| 142 | x x {d}gilgameš₂ dumu-gir₁₅-ra šag₄-ga-ni arhuš ba-x | Gilgamesh, the šaggara priest, his heart |
| 143 | arad-da-na en-ki-du₁₀-ra gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | He spoke to his servant Enkidu: |
| 144 | ŋa₂-nam-ma ur-saŋ-ra šu ga-am₃-bar-re-en-de₃-en | I want to utter an arazu prayer to 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-X-ba-ŋu₁₀ he₂-a kilib₃-ŋu₁₀ he₂-em-mi-il₂-le | May he be ..., may he raise his whole body. |
| 147 | x X x X X | |
| arad-da-a-ni en-ki-du₁₀-e mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ x {d}gilgameš₂-e | his servant Enkidu replied to him: “Gilgamesh, | |
| 149 | x x dim₂-ma nu-tuku | who does not have a ... |
| 150 | x X nu-tuku | he does not have |
| 151 | x nu-tuku | has no . |
| 152 | ur-saŋ dab₅-ba šu bar-ra-am₃ | The seized hero is a stranger |
| 153 | en dab₅-ba ŋi₆-par₄-še₃ gur-ra-am₃ | The en-priestess who is seized is returned to the Ipar. |
| 154 | gudug dab₅-ba hi-li-še₃ gur-ra-am₃ | It is a gudug vessel seized with allure. |
| 155 | ud ul-le₂-a-ta a-ba-a igi im-mi-in-du₈ | Who has seen since distant days? |
| 156 | kaskal kur-ra mu-e-de₃-eb-X LA X E | The road to the netherworld ... |
| 157 | ŋiri₃ kur-ra mu-e-de₃-eb-suh₃-suh₃-e | The cities of the netherworld tremble |
| 158 | iri ama u₃-tud-da nu-ub-ši-x-X-de₃-en-de₃-en | City, where the mother gave birth, we do not ... |
| 163 | hu-wa-wa x-ra mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | Huwawa will reply to ... |
| 164 | ama tud-da-ŋu₁₀ hur-ru-um kur-ra | Mother born in the mountain ranges, |
| 165 | a-a tud-da-ŋu₁₀ hur-ru-um hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ | May he not give birth to a child in the mountains, in the mountain ranges! |
| 166 | {d}utu dili-ŋu₁₀-ne kur-ra mu-un-de₃-en-tuš-en | Šamaš, you alone dwell in the mountain. |
| 167 | {d}gilgameš₂ hu-wa-wa-ra gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | Gilgamesh spoke to Huwawa: |
| 168 | ŋa₂-nam-ma x X ŊA₂ x X | “If he ... , |
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