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"An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic"

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Col. VI.
(About four lines missing.)

sar(?)-ha
dGis ...
i-na si-ri-[s? il-li-ka-am dEn-ki-du]
i-ha-an-ni-ib [pi-ir-ta-s?]
it-bi-ma [il-li-ik]
a-na pa-ni-s?
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-s?
dGis e-ri-ba-am ?-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 ? dEn-ki-du
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-t?
ik-mi-is-ma dGis
i-na ga-ag-ga-ri si-ip-s?
ip-si-ih uz-za-s?-ma
i-ni-ih i-ra-as-su
is-tu i-ra-su i-ni-hu
dEn-ki-du a-na s?-si-im
iz-za-k?r-am a-na dGis
ki-ma is-te-en-ma um-ma-ka
?-li-id-ka
ri-im-tum s? su-pu-ri
dNin-sun-na
ul-lu e-li mu-ti ri-es-ka
sar-ru-t? s? ni-si
i-si-im-kum dEn-lil
duppu 2 kam-ma
s?-tu-ur e-li .....................
4 s?-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.


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