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"I behold thee Enkidu; like a god thou art.
Why with the animals
wanderest thou on the plain?
Come! I will lead thee
into the midst of Erech of the wide places,
even unto the holy house, dwelling place of Anu.
Oh Enkidu, arise, I will conduct thee
unto Eanna dwelling place of Anu,
where Gilgamish [_oppresses_] the souls of men(? )
And as I . . . . . . . . . . . .
thou shalt . . . . . . . . thyself.
Come thou, arise from the ground
unto the place yonder (? ) of the shepherd. "
He heard her speak and accepted her words with favor.
The advice of the woman
fell upon his heart.
She tore off one garment
and clothed him with it.
With a second garment
she clothed herself.
She clasped his hand,
guiding him like . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
unto the mighty presence of the shepherd,
unto the place of the . . . of the sheepfolds.
In . . . . . . . . . to shepherd
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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COL. III


Milk of the cattle
he drank.
Food they placed before him.
He broke bread [58]
gazing and looking.
But Enkidu understood not.
Bread to eat,
beer to drink,
he had not been taught.
The hierodule opened her mouth
and said unto Enkidu:--
"Eat bread, oh Enkidu!
It is the conformity of life,
of the conditions and the fate of the land. "
Enkidu ate bread,
until he was satiated.
Beer he drank
seven _times_(? ).
His thoughts became unbounded and he shouted loudly.
His heart became joyful,
and his face glowed.
He stroked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
_the hair of the head_. [59] His body
with oil he anointed.
He became like a man.
He attired himself with clothes
even as does a husband.
He seized his weapon,
which the panther and lion
fells in the night time cruelly.
He captured the wild mountain goats.
The panther he conquered.
Among the great _sheep for sacrifice_
Enkidu was their guard.
A man, a leader,
A hero.
Unto . . . . . . . . . . he elevated
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REVERSE I


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And he made glad.
He lifted up his eyes,
and beheld the man,
and said unto the hierodule:--
"Oh harlot, take away the man.
Wherefore did he come to me?
I would forget the memory of him.
"
The hierodule called unto the man
and came unto him beholding him.
She sorrowed and was astonished
how his ways were . . . . . . . . . . . .
Behold she opened her mouth
saying unto Enkidu:--
"At home with a family [_to dwell_? ? ]
is the fate of mankind.
Thou shouldest design boundaries(? ? )
for a city. The trencher-basket put (upon thy head).
. . . . . . . . . . an abode of comfort.
For the king of Erech of the wide places
open, addressing thy speech as unto a husband.
Unto Gilgamish king of Erech of the wide places
open, addressing thy speech
as unto a husband.
He cohabits with the wife decreed for him,
even he formerly.
But henceforth
in the counsel which god has spoken,
in the work of his presence
shall be his fate. "
At the mention of the hero
his face became pale.


REVERSE II

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going . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and the harlot . . . . . after him.
He entered into the midst of Erech of the wide places.
The artisans gathered about him.
And as he stood in the street
of Erech of the wide places,
the people assembled
disputing round about him:--
"How is he become like Gilgamish suddenly?
In form he is shorter.
In . . . . . . . . he is made powerful.


Milk of the cattle
he drank.
Continually in the midst of Erech weapons
the heroes purified.
A project was instituted.
Unto the hero whose countenance was turned away,
unto Gilgamish like a god
he became for him a fellow.
For Ishara a couch
was laid.
Gilgamish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In the night he . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
embracing her in sleep.
They . . . . . . . . in the street
halting at the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .