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"An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic"

......... ki-bi-ma te-[ir]-s?-nu-ti

(Three lines missing.)

L.E.
.............. nam-ma-la
............... il-li-ku it-ti-ia
............... ba-ku-nu-si-im
......... [ul]-la(?)-nu i-na hu-ud li-ib-bi
[i-na se-me-e] an-ni-a ga-ba-s?
e-dis harrana(?) us-te-[zi-ik]
a-lik dGis lu-[ul-lik a-na pa-ni-ka]
li-lik il-ka ..........
li-s?-ak-lim-[ka harrana] ......
dGis ?[dEn-ki-du] .......
mu-di-es ..........
bi-ri-[su-nu] ........


TRANSLATION.

(About ten lines missing.)

Col. I.
.................. (my friend?)
[Something] that is exceedingly difficult,
[Why] dost thou desire
[to do this?]
.... something (?) that is very [difficult (?)],
[Why dost thou] desire
[to go down to the forest]?
A message [they carried] among [men]
They carried about.
They made a ....
.............. they brought
..............................
..............................

(About 17 lines missing.)

.............................
................... my friend
................ they raised .....
answer [they returned.]
[To] the woman
They proceeded to the overthrowing

Col. II.
(About eleven lines missing.)
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