Nor is the scene in which Enkidu and Gilgamesh have
their encounter found in the preserved portions of the second (or
possibly the third) tablet of the Assyrian version, but only a brief
reference to it in the fourth tablet, [138] in which in Epic style the
story is repeated, leading up to the second exploit--the joint campaign
of Enkidu and Gilgamesh against Huwawa. This reference, covering only
seven lines, corresponds to lines 192-231 of the Pennsylvania tablet;
but the former being the repetition and the latter the original
recital, the comparison to be instituted merely reveals again the
independence of the Assyrian version, as shown in the use of _kibsu_,
"tread" (IV, 2, 46), for _s?pu_, "foot" (l. 216), _i-na-us_, "quake"
(line 5C), as against _ir-tu-tu_ (ll. 221 and 226).
Such variants as
_d_Gish ?ribam ?l iddin (l. 217)
against
_d_Gilgamesh ana sur?bi ?l namdin, (IV, 2, 47).
and again
_issabt?ma kima l?m_ "they grappled at the gate of the family
house" (IV, 2, 48),
against
_issabt?ma ina b?b b?t emuti_, "they grappled at the gate of
the family house" (IV, 2, 48),
all point once more to the literary independence of the Assyrian
version.
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