line 190 of the Pennsylvania tablet = Assyrian version, Tablet
I, 4, 45, "like a god"), of his spouse, the goddess Ishhara--another
form of Ishtar? Or are the two heroes, the one a counterpart of the
other, contesting for the possession of a goddess? Is it in this
scene that Enkidu becomes the "rival" (_me-ih-r?_, line 191 of the
Pennsylvania tablet) of the divine Gish? We must content ourself with
having obtained through the Pennsylvania tablet a clearer indication
of the occasion of the fight between the two heroes, and leave the
further explanation of the episode till a fortunate chance may throw
additional light upon it. There is perhaps a reference to the episode
in the Assyrian version, Tablet II, 3b, 35-36.
Line 196. For _i-na-ag-s?-am_ (from _nag?su_), Langdon proposes the
purely fanciful "embracing her in sleep," whereas it clearly means
"he approaches." Cf. Muss-Arnolt, _Assyrian Dictionary_, page 645a.
Lines 197-200 appear to correspond to Tablet IV, 2, 35-37, of the
Assyrian version, though not forming a complete parallel. We may
therefore supply at the beginning of line 35 of the Assyrian version
_[ittaziz] Enkidu_, corresponding to line 197 of the Pennsylvania
tablet.
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