An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh EpicJastrow, Morris
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An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic
Jastrow, Morris
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian
sar(?)-ha
dGis ...
i-na si-ri-[sú il-li-ka-am dEn-ki-du]
i-ha-an-ni-ib [pi-ir-ta-sú]
it-bi-ma [il-li-ik]
a-na pa-ni-sú
it-tam-ha-ru i-na ri-bi-tum ma-ti
dEn-ki-du ba-ba-am ip-ta-ri-ik
i-na si-pi-sú
dGis e-ri-ba-am ú-ul id-di-in
is-sa-ab-tu-ma ki-ma li-i-im
i-lu-du
zi-ip-pa-am 'i-bu-tu
i-ga-rum ir-tu-tu
dGis ù dEn-ki-du
is-sa-ab-tu-ú-ma
ki-ma li-i-im i-lu-du
zi-ip-pa-am 'i-bu-tu
i-ga-rum ir-tu-tú
ik-mi-is-ma dGis
i-na ga-ag-ga-ri si-ip-sú
ip-si-ih uz-za-sú-ma
i-ni-ih i-ra-as-su
is-tu i-ra-su i-ni-hu
dEn-ki-du a-na sá-si-im
iz-za-kàr-am a-na dGis
ki-ma is-te-en-ma um-ma-ka
ú-li-id-ka
ri-im-tum sá su-pu-ri
dNin-sun-na
ul-lu e-li mu-ti ri-es-ka
sar-ru-tú sá ni-si
i-si-im-kum dEn-lil
duppu 2 kam-ma
sú-tu-ur e-li .....................
4 sú-si
TRANSLATION.
Col. I.
Gish sought to interpret the dream;
Spoke to his mother:
"My mother, during my night
I became strong and moved about
among the heroes;
And from the starry heaven
A meteor(?) of Anu fell upon me:
I bore it and it grew heavy upon me,
I became weak and its weight I could not endure.
The land of Erech gathered about it.
The heroes kissed its feet. [142]
It was raised up before me.
They stood me up. [143]
I bore it and carried it to thee."
The mother of Gish, who knows all things,
Spoke to Gish:
"Some one, O Gish, who like thee
In the field was born and
Whom the mountain has reared,
Thou wilt see (him) and [like a woman(?)] thou wilt rejoice.
Heroes will kiss his feet.
Thou wilt spare [him and wilt endeavor]
To lead him to me."
He slept and saw another
Dream, which he reported to his mother:
["My mother,] I have seen another
[Dream.] My likeness I have seen in the streets
[Of Erech] of the plazas.
An axe was brandished, and
They gathered about him;
And the axe made him angry.
I saw him and I rejoiced,
I loved him as a woman,
I embraced him.
I took him and regarded him
As my brother."
The mother of Gish, who knows all things,
[Spoke to Gish]:
["O Gish, the man whom thou sawest,]
[Whom thou didst embrace like a woman].
Col II.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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