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Lines 180-182 must have contained the description of Enkidu's
resemblance to Gish, but the lines are too mutilated to permit of any
certain restoration. See the corrections (Appendix) for a suggested
reading for the end of line 181.
Line 183 can be restored with considerable probability on the basis of
the Assyrian version, Tablet I, 3, 3 and 30, where Enkidu is described
as one "whose power is strong in the land."
Lines 186-187. The puzzling word, to be read apparently _kak-ki-a-tum_,
can hardly mean "weapons," as Langdon proposes. In that case we
should expect _kakk?_; and, moreover, to so render gives no sense,
especially since the verb _?-te-el-li-lu_ is without much question
to be rendered "rejoiced," and not "purified." _Kakkiatum_--if this
be the correct reading--may be a designation of Erech like _rib?tim_.
Lines 188-189 are again entirely misunderstood by Langdon, owing to
erroneous readings. See the corrections in the Appendix.
Line 190. _i-li-im_ in this line is used like Hebrew Eloh?m, "God."
Line 191. _sakissum_ = _sakin-sum_, as correctly explained by Langdon.
Line 192. With this line a new episode begins which, owing to the gap
at the beginning of column 6, is somewhat obscure.
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