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Gilgameš and Ḫuwawa (Version B)

Sumerian literature (ETCSL) · 1 - Narrative and mythological compositions · 145 sections

1. 110

   [diĝir]-ĝu10!(⌈za⌉) {d}en-ki [en] [{d}]⌈nu⌉-dim2-mud-e [KA-za] ⌈mu⌉-ni-in-⌈e3⌉

2. 111

   ⌈ur⌉-saĝ kur-ra tuš-a-⌈zu⌉ ḫe2-zu-am3

3. 112

   ⌈ĝiri3⌉ tur-tur-zu-uš ⌈{kuš}⌉e-sir2 tur-tur [ḫe2]-⌈ma⌉-dim2-dim2-ma-am3

4. 113

   [ĝiri3 gal]-gal-zu-uš [{kuš}e]-⌈sir2⌉ gal-gal [ḫe2-ma]-dim2-dim2-ma-am3

5. 114

   [X] X X [X (X)] kur […]-kur9-ra

6. 115

   […] X […]

7. gap

   (13 lines missing)

8. 129

   [gu]-⌈ru⌉-um-gu-ru-um ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2 ⌈?⌉-[…]-⌈?⌉

   (13 lines missing) They …… many piles on the hillside.

9. 130

   [me]-⌈lem4⌉ 7-kam-ma mu-na-⌈til⌉-[la]-⌈ta⌉

   When Ḫuwawa had finally handed over to him his seventh aura, Gilgameš found himself beside Ḫuwawa. He punched him on the ear with his fist. Ḫuwawa furrowed his brows at him, baring his teeth at him. Gilgameš threw a halter over him, as over a captured wild bull. He tied him up by the elbows like a captured warrior.

10. 131

    da-ga-na ba-te ĝeštug-a-ni ⌈tibir bi2⌉-in-ra

11. 132

    saĝ-ki mu-un-da-an-guru5-uš zu2 mu-un-da-zalag-zalag

12. 133

    am dab5-ba-gin7 samanx(EŠ2.SUD4.EŠ2.NUN.EŠ2.TU) mu-ni-in-šub

13. 134

    ur-saĝ dab5-ba-gin7 aškud2 mu-ni-in-la2

14. 135

    ur-saĝ-e er2 im-ma-an-pad3 šex(SIG7)-šex(SIG7) i3-ĝa2-ĝa2

    The warrior began to weep, shedding tears. Ḫuwawa began to weep, shedding tears.

15. 136

    ḫu-wa-wa er2 im-ma-an-pad3 šex(SIG7)-šex(SIG7) i3-ĝa2-ĝa2

16. 137

    ur-saĝ-e lul mu-e-sig10 šu si mu-e-sa2 nam-erim2 mu-e-kud

    Warrior, you lied! You have manhandled me; yet you had sworn an oath, by the life of your own mother Ninsumun and of your father, holy Lugalbanda. Your personal god Enki, Lord Nudimmud ……! And now you have thrown a halter over me as if over a captured wild bull, and have tied me up by the elbows like a captured warrior!

17. 138

    zi ama [ugu-zu] {d}nin-sumun2-ka a-a-zu kug {d}lugal-ban3-da

18. 139

    diĝir-[zu {d}en-ki en] [{d}nu]-⌈dim2⌉-mud KA-za mu-e-ni-e3

19. 140

    [am dab5-ba-gin7] saman2 mu-ni-šub

20. 141

    [ur-saĝ dab5-ba-gin7] aškud2 ba-ni-[la2-la2]

21. 142

    [X X] [{d}]⌈gilgameš2⌉ dumu-gir15-ra šag4-ga-ni arḫuš ⌈ba⌉-[…]

    …… Gilgameš's noble heart took pity on him. He addressed his slave Enkidu: Come on, let us set the warrior free! He could be our guide! He could be our guide who would spy out the pitfalls of the route for us! He could be my ……! He could carry all my things! (1 line fragmentary)

22. 143

    ⌈arad-da-na⌉ ⌈en⌉-ki-du10-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-⌈e⌉

23. 144

    ĝa2-nam-ma ur-saĝ-ra šu ga-am3-bar-re-en-de3-en

24. 145

    lu2 zu-me ḫe2-a dur2 kaskal-la igi me-eb-du8-de3-a lu2 zu-me ḫe2-a

25. 146

    […]-X-ba-ĝu10 ḫe2-a kilib3-ĝu10 ḫe2-em-mi-il2-⌈le⌉

26. 147

    […] X […] X (X)

27. 148

    arad-da-a-ni en-ki-du10-e […] [{d}]⌈gilgameš2⌉-e mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4

    His slave Enkidu replied to him …… replied to Gilgameš : …… so lacking in understanding! …… with no ……! …… with not ……! A captured warrior set free! A captured high priestess returned to the ĝipar! A captured gudug priest restored to his wig of hair! Who has ever, ever seen such a thing? He would be able to …… the mountain routes. He would be able to mix up the mountain paths. Then we would never get back to the mother-city that bore us! (4 lines missing)

28. 149

    [X X] dim2-ma nu-tuku

29. 150

    […] X nu-tuku

30. 151

    […] nu-tuku

31. 152

    ur-saĝ dab5-ba šu bar-ra-am3

32. 153

    en dab5-ba ĝi6-par4-še3 gur-ra-am3

33. 154

    gudug dab5-ba ḫi-li-še3 gur-ra-am3

34. 155

    ud ul-le2-a-ta a-ba-a igi im-mi-in-du8

35. 156

    kaskal kur-ra mu-e-de3-eb-X LA X E

36. 157

    ĝiri3 kur-ra mu-e-de3-eb-suḫ3-suḫ3-e

37. 158

    [iri] ama ⌈u3⌉-tud-da [nu]-⌈ub⌉-!-[X-(X)]-de3-en-de3-en

38. gap

    (4 lines missing)

39. 163

    [ḫu-wa-wa …]-ra [mu]-⌈un⌉-na-ni-⌈ib⌉-[gi4]-⌈gi4⌉

    Ḫuwawa replied to him: The mother who bore me was a cave in the mountains. The father who engendered me was a cave in the hills. Utu left me to live all alone in the mountains!

40. 164

    ama tud-da-ĝu10 ḫur-ru-um kur-ra

41. 165

    a-a tud-da-ĝu10 ḫur-ru-um ḫur-saĝ-ĝa2

42. 166

    {d}utu dili-ĝu10-ne kur-ra mu-un-de3-en-tuš-en

43. 167

    {d}gilgameš2 ḫu-wa-wa-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e

    Gilgameš addressed Ḫuwawa: Come on, ……. (unknown no. of lines missing)

44. 168

    [ĝa2]-⌈nam⌉-ma [X (X)] ĜA2 […] X

45. gap

    (approx. 6 lines missing)

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