Stephen Herbert Langdon

“ Oh Enkidu, arise, I will conduct thee 18
a-na É- [an-n] a mu-ša-bi ša A-nim 18
unto Eanna dwelling place of Anu, 19
a-šar [iluGilgamiš] it- [.........] ne-pi-ši-tim (?) 19
where Gilgamish [oppresses] the souls of men (?) 20
ù at- [⁠⁠] -di [⁠⁠-] ma 20
And as I ............ 21
ta- [⁠⁠] ra-ma-an- ka 21
thou shalt ........ thyself. 22
al-ka ti-ba i- [na] ga-ag-ga-ri 22
Come thou, arise from the ground 23
ma-a-a? [17] -ak ⁠⁠ri-i-im 23
unto the place yonder (?) of the shepherd.” 24
iš-me a-wa-az-za im-ta-gár ga-ba-ša 24
He heard her speak and accepted her words with favor. ”

“ Ezina, grain goddess, 174, 9.
Ezira, reading of the divine name KA-DI, 177, 11.
F.
Fara, modern Arabic name for the site of Isin (?) , 177 n. 4.
G.
GAB, baked bread, 200, 33.
GAB-LAL, a cake made with honey, 195, 22; 200, 35.
GAR-šunnu = epišan-šunu, 198, 13.
gašan-gula, title of Ninâ, 119 n. 2.
gepar, dark chamber, 123, 30 f., 148, 10; 161, 18.
Gibil, god, 197, 3.
gi-gál (giš) ,interlude, 151 n. 1; 182, 33.
gigunna, 114, 23.
Gilgamish, king of Erech, 207; 211, 1:115 f. 212, 17:37; 213, 2; 217, 21; 218, 9:20:24:29 and below 2; 219, 10;15:20:26. Derivation of name, 208. See also No. 16 Rev. ”

“ My reading is uncertain. ↑ Text uncertain, kal-lu-tim is possible. ↑ KAK-ši. ↑ KAK-ši. ↑ Literally nostrils. pitik apunnati-šu, work done in his presence (?) . The meaning of the idiom is uncertain. ↑ Text ZU! ↑ Text has erroneous form. ↑ Omitted by the scribe. ↑ Sic! The plural of kakku, kakkîtu (?) . ↑ Cf. e-pi-ša-an-šu-nu libâru, “May they see their doings,” Maḳlu VII 17. ↑ For šakin-šum. ↑ On the verb nâku see the Babylonian Book of Proverbs § 27. ↑ The verb la’āṭu, to pierce, devour, forms its preterite iluṭ; see VAB. IV 216, 1. The present tense which occurs here as iluṭ also. ”

“ The hierodule called unto the man 9
i-ba-uš-šu-um-ma i-ta-mar-šu 9
and came unto him beholding him. 10
e-di-il [28] ⁠e-eš-ta-ḫi- [ṭa-am] 10
She sorrowed and was astonished 11
mi-nu ⁠a-la-ku-zu na-aḫ- [29] [⁠-] ma 11
how his ways were ............ 12
e pi-šu ⁠i-pu-ša-am- [ma] 12
Behold she opened her mouth 13
iz-za-kar-am a-na iluEn- [ki-dû] 13
saying unto Enkidu:— 14
bi-ti-iš e-mu-tim [⁠⁠] 14
“At home with a family [to dwell??] 15
ši-ma-a-at ⁠ni-ši-i- ⁠ma 15
is the fate of mankind. 16
tu-ṣa [30] -ar pa-a-ta-tim [31] 16
Thou shouldest design boundaries (??) ”

“ Nin-isinna, goddess, 122, 16; 191, 15.
Ninkasi, goddess, 144.
Ninki, goddess, 149, 16.
Ninlil, goddess, 116, 20; 123, 20; 137, 12; 146, 14.
Ninmada, daughter of Ninkasi, 144.
Ninmaḫ, goddess, 116, 22.
Ninmenna, epithet of Damgalnunna, 190, 27.
Ninsun, goddess, 219, 30; 208 n. 6; 129; 131, 16 (?) .
Nintudri, goddess, 123, 26. Nintudra, 137, 16. Creatress of man and woman, 192.
Ninul, goddess, 149, 16.
Ninurašâ, god, 191, 12; 146, 12.
Ninzuanna, goddess, 122, 13.
Nippur, city, 112, 8; 122, 18:19; 160, 3; 169, 21; 180, 11; 149, 18; 158, 7; 165, 16. ”

“ Indag, god, consort of Gula, 173, 3.
Innini, goddess, 123. Liturgy to, 184; 123, 29. Consort of Shamash, 148, 4. Other references, 154, 21.
iṣṣur šamê, unclean birds, 195 n. 10.
Išhara, goddess, 218, 22.
Isin, city, 122, 15; 176, 4.
Ishme-Dagan, 178 ff. Son of Enlil, 181, 29; 182, 32. Liturgy to, 143.
K.
KA-DIB-BI, sibit pî, 194, 10. ”

“ Aja, goddess, 198, 9.
al (giš) , al-gar (giš) , a musical instrument, 187–191. See also No. 20 Rev. 7–12. al-bi, compound verb, 189 n. 6. In Ni. 8164 (unpublished) al-gar, al-gar-balag in list with (giš) -á-lá, also an instrument of music.
alad, protecting genius, 154, 18. ”

“ Cf. uk-kiš, Myhrman, PBS. I 14, 17; uk-ki-ši, King, Cr. App. V 55; etc., etc. ↑ The Hebrew cognate of mašû, to forget, is našâ, Arabic nasijia, and occurs here in Babylonian for the first time. See also Brockelman, Vergleichende Grammatik 160 a. ”

“ And as he stood in the street 6
ša Unuk- (ki) ⁠⁠ri-bi-tim 6
of Erech of the wide places, 7
pa-aḫ-ra-a-ma ⁠ni-šu 7
the people assembled 8
i-ta-mē-a ⁠i-na ṣi-ri-šu pi (?) -it-tam32 8
disputing round about him:— 9
a-na mi- [ni] [37] iluGilgamiš ma-ši-il 9
“How is he become like Gilgamish suddenly? 10
la-nam ⁠ša- pi- ⁠il 10
In form he is shorter. 11
e-ṣi [⁠⁠pu] -uk-ku-ul 11
In ........ he is made powerful. 12
⁠⁠i⁠? -ak-ta 12 13
i [-⁠⁠-] di ⁠i-ši? 13 14
ši-iz-ba ⁠ša [na-ma-] áš- [te] -e 14
Milk of the cattle 15
i-te- ⁠en- ⁠⁠ni- iḳ 15
he drank. ”

“ Emaḫ, Ešmaḫ, ritual house of the water cult of Marduk, 163, 7; 115, 4.
E-malga-sud, temple, 181, 24; 141, 3.
E-meteg, daughter of Ninkasi, 144.
E-mete-ursag, temple in Kish, 166, 13.
E-namtila, temple, 160, 4; 169, 24.
en-a-nu-un, en-á-nun, title of Innini and Gula, 173, 2.
Enbilulu, title of Marduk, 170, 5.
E-ninnû, temple, 181, 22.
EN-ḪUL-tim-mu, 194 n. 2.
EN-KA-KA, bêl dabābi, 194, 2.
Enki, god. Hymn to, No. 20, 113, 7; 114, 10; 116, 21; 122, 7; 149, 16.
Enkidu, satyr, 213, 3:7:10:11; 214, 6; 215, 11:12:15:34; 216, 13; 219, 8:15:25; 131, 11; 134, 16; 178, 13. ”

“ Written upon ..........
⁠4 šu-ši [47]
240 (lines) .
↑ Here this late text includes both variants pašāru and zakāru. The earlier texts have only the one or the other. ↑ For kakabê; b becomes u̯ and then is reduced to the breathing. ↑ The variants have kima kiṣri; ki- [ma] ?-rum is a possible reading. The standard Assyrian texts regard Enkidu as the subject. ↑ Var. da-an ↑ ŠAM-KAK = ilu, net. The variant has ultaprid ki-is-su-šu, “he shook his murderous weapon.” For kissu see ZA. 9,220,4 = CT. 12,14b 36, giš-kud = ki-is-su. ↑ Var. nussu for nuš-šu = nušša-šu. ”

“ Kidurkazal, daughter of Ninkasi, 145.
ki-malla, to bend. tig-zu ki-ma-al-la nu-gí-gí, “Thy neck wearies not in bending,” 168, 2. [Correct the translation.]
ki-in-gin, ki-en-gin, Sumer, 115, 24; 134, 19; 189, 17. ”

“ ŠU-NAM-LU-GAL-LU, 194, 13.
subura, earth, 175, 3.
su-ud, sú-ud-ám, epithet of goddess of Šuruppak, 177, 10 and note 4.
šuḫuru, hair (?) , 215, 23.
sukkal-zid, title of Nebo, 163, 10.
Šulpae, god, No. 16 II 22.
Sumer, land, 113, 21; 114, 11; 136, 2.
sumugan, title of Girra, 177, 12 and note; 179, 3.
T.
Tablet of fates, 132 n. ”