......... I will open it.
Enkidu opened his mouth and
spoke to Gish:
"Know, my friend, in the mountain,
when I moved about with the cattle
to a distance of one double hour into the heart of the forest,
[Alone?] I penetrated within it,
[To] Huwawa, whose roar is a flood,
whose mouth is fire,
whose breath is death.
Why dost thou desire
To do this?
To advance towards
the dwelling(?) of Huwawa?"
Gish opened his mouth and
[spoke to Enkidu:
"... [the covering(?)] I will destroy.
....[in the forest]
....................
....................
To .................
The dwelling [of Huwawa]
The axe ..........
Thou ..........
I will [go down to the forest]."
Enkidu opened his mouth and
spoke to [Gish:]
"When [together(?)] we go down
To the [cedar] forest,
whose guardian, O warrior Gish,
a power(?) without [rest(?)],
Huwawa, an offspring(?) of ....
Adad ......................
He ........................
Col. IV.
To keep safe [the cedar forest],
[Enlil has decreed for it] seven-fold terror."
Gish [opened] his mouth and
spoke to [Enkidu]:
"Whoever, my friend, overcomes (?) [terror(?)],
it is well (for him) with Shamash for the length of [his days].
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