Thy heart [be not afraid,] trust to me!
[Confide] to my hand his dwelling(?)!"
[on the road to] Huwawa they proceeded.
....... command their return
(Three lines missing.)
L.E.
............... were filled.
.......... they will go with me.
...............................
.................. joyfully.
[Upon hearing] this word of his,
Alone, the road(?) [he levelled].
"Go, O Gish [I will go before thee(?)].
May thy god(?) go .........
May he show [thee the road !] .....
Gish and [Enkidu]
Knowingly ....................
Between [them] ................
Lines 13-14 (also line 16). See for the restoration, lines 112-13.
Line 62. For the restoration, see Jensen, p. 146 (Tablet III, 2a,9.)
Lines 64-66. Restored on the basis of the Assyrian version,
_ib_. line 10.
Line 72. Cf. Assyrian version, Tablet IV, 4, 10, and restore at the
end of this line _di-im-tam_ as in our text, instead of Jensen's
conjecture.
Lines 74, 77 and 83. The restoration _zar-bis_, suggested by the
Assyrian version, Tablet IV, 4, 4.
Lines 76 and 82. Cf. Assyrian version, Tablet VIII, 3, 18.
Line 78. _(?-ta-ab-bil_ from _ab?lu_, "grieve" or
"darkened.
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