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The Epic of Gilgamish

Volume 10 — Transliteration

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1it-bi-e-ma iluGilgamiš šu-na-tam i-pa-aš-šar.

3um-mi i-na ša-a-at mu-ši-ti-i̭a

4ša-am-ḫa-ku-ma at-ta-na-al-la-ak

5i-na bi-ri-it id-da-tim

11id-lu-tum ú-na-ša-ku ši-pi-šu

12ú-um-mi-id-ma pu-ti

13i-mi- du i̭a-ti

14aš-ši-a-šu-ma at-ba-la-áš-šu a-na ṣi-ri-ki

15um-mi iluGilgamiš mu-u-da-a-at ka-la-ma

16iz-za-kar-am a-na iluGilgamiš

17mi-in-di iluGilgamish ša ki-ma ka-ti

18i-na ṣi-ri i-wa-li-id-ma

19ú-ra-ab-bi-šu ša-du-ú

20ta-mar-šu-ma [sa(?)]-ap-ḫa-ta at-ta

22te-iṭ-ṭi-ra-šu(?) … šu-ú-zu

23ta-tar-ra-[’a]-šu a-na ṣi-[ri-i̭]a

25[šu-na-]ta i-ta-wa-a-am a-na um-mi-šu

26[um-m]i a-ta-mar ša-ni-tam

27[šu-na-ta a-ta]mar e-mi-a i-na zu-ki-im

29ḫa-aṣ-ṣi-nu na-di-i-ma

30e-li-šu pa-aḫ- ru

31ḫa-aṣ-ṣi-nu-um-ma ša-ni bu-nu-šu

32a-mur-šu-ma aḫ-ta-ta a-na-ku

33a-ra-am-šu-ma ki-ma áš-ša-tim

34a-ḫa-ap-pu-up el-šu

35el-ki-šu-ma áš-ta-ka-an-šu

36a-na a-ḫi-i̭a

37um-mi iluGilgamish mu-da-at ka-la-ma

38[iz-za-kar-am a-na iluGilgamish]

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COL. II

1aš-šum uš-[ta-] ma-ḫa-ru it-ti-ka.

2iluGilgamish šu-na-tam i-pa-šar

3iluEn-ki-[dû w]a?-ši-ib ma-ḫar ḫa-ri-im-tim

4UR [ ]-ḫa-mu DI-?-al-lu-un

5[ ] im-ta-ši a-šar i-wa-al-du

7iluEn-ki-dû te-bi- i-ma

8ša-[am-ka-ta] ir- ḫi

9ḫa-[ri-im-tu pa-a]-ša i-pu-ša-am-ma

11a-na-ṭal-ka dEn-ki-dû ki-ma ili ta-ba-áš-ši

13ta-at-ta-[na-al-]la -ak ṣi-ra-am

14al-kam lu-ùr-di- ka

15a-na libbi Uruk-(ki) ri-bi-tim

16a-na biti [el-]lim mu-ša-bi ša A-nim

17dEn-ki-dû ti-bi lu-ru-ka

18a-na É-[an-n]a mu-ša-bi ša A-nim

19a-šar [iluGilgamiš] it-[.........] ne-pi-ši-tim(?)

20ù at-[ ]-di [ -] ma

21ta-[ ] ra-ma-an- ka

22al-ka ti-ba i-[na] ga-ag-ga-ri

24iš-me a-wa-az-za im-ta-gár ga-ba-ša

25mi-il-kum ša sinništi

26im-ta-[ku]-ut a-na libbi-šu

27iš-ḫu-uṭ li-ib-ša-am

28iš-ti-nam [ú]-la-ab-bi-iš-šu

29li-ib- [ša-am] ša-ni-a-am

30ši-i it-ta-al-ba- áš

31ṣa-ab-ta-at ga-az- zu

32ki-ma ? i-ri-id-di-šu

33a-na gu-up-ri ša ri-i-im

34a-š[ar ] tar-ba-ṣi-im

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COL. III

1ši-iz-ba ša na-ma-áš-te-e

2i-te-en- ni- iḳ

3a-ka-lam iš-ku-nu ma-ḫar-šu

5ù ip-pa-al-la- as

6u-ul i-di dEn-ki- dû

7aklam a-na a-ka-lim

8šikaram a-na ša-te-e-im

9la-a lum-mu- ud

10ḫa-ri-im-lum pi-ša i-pu-ša-am- ma

11iz-za-kar-am a-na iluEn-ki-dû

12a-ku-ul ak-lam dEn-ki-dû

13zi-ma-at ba-la-ṭi-im

14bi-ši-ti ši-im-ti ma-ti

15i-ku-ul a-ak-lam iluEn-ki-dû

16a-di ši-bi-e-šu

17šikaram iš-ti-a-am

19it-tap-šar kab-ta-tum i-na-an-gu

20i-li-iṣ libba- šu- ma

22ul-tap-pi-it [............]-i

23šu-ḫu-ra-am pa-ga-ar-šu

24ša-am-nam ip-ta-ša-áš-ma

25a-we-li-iš i-mē

26il-ba- áš li-ib-ša-am

27ki-ma mu-ti i-ba-áš-ši

28il-ki ka-ak-ka-šu

29la-bi ú gi-ir- ri

30iš-sa-ak-pu šab-[ši]-eš mu-ši-a-ti

32la-bi uk-t[a ]-ši-id

33it-ti immer na-ki-[e?] ra-bu-tum

34iluEn-ki-dû ma-aṣ-ṣa-ar-šu-nu

35a-we-lum wa-ru-um

36iš-[te]-en id-lum

37a-na[ ........ u]-za-ak-ki-ir

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REVERSE I

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1i-ip-pu-uš ul-ṣa-am

2iš-ši-ma i-ni-i-šu

3i-ta-mar a-we-lam

6a-na mi-nim il-li-kam

8ḫa-ri-im-tum iš-ta-si a-we-lam

9i-ba-uš-šu-um-ma i-ta-mar-šu

12e pi-šu i-pu-ša-am-[ma]

13iz-za-kar-am a-na iluEn-[ki-dû]

14bi-ti-iš e-mu-tim [ ]

15ši-ma-a-at ni-ši-i- ma

17a-na âli dup-šak-ki-i e ṣi-en

18UG-AD-AD-LIL e-mi ṣa-a-a-ḫa-tim

19a-na šarri Unuk-(ki) ri-bi-tim

21a-na iluGilgamiš šarri ša Unuk-(ki) ri-bi-tim

23a-na ha-a-a-ri

24áš-ša-at ši-ma-tim i-ra-aḫ-ḫi

25šu-u pa-na-nu-um-ma

26mu-uk wa-ar-ka-nu

27i-na mi-il-ki ša ili ga-bi-ma

29ši- ma- az- zum

30a-na zi-ik-ri id-li-im

31i-ri-ku pa-nu-šu

REVERSE II

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1i-il-la-ak- ..........

2ù ša-am-ka-at[ ]ar-ki-šu

4ip-ḫur um-ma-nu-um i-na ṣi-ri-šu

5iz-zi-za-am-ma i-na zu-ki-im

6ša Unuk-(ki) ri-bi-tim

7pa-aḫ-ra-a-ma ni-šu

10la-nam ša- pi- il

11e-ṣi[ pu]-uk-ku-ul

12 i ? -ak-ta

13i[- -]di i-ši?

14ši-iz-ba ša[na-ma-]áš-[te]-e

15i-te- en- ni- iḳ

17id-lu-tum u-te-el-li- lu

19a-na idli ša i-tu-ru zi-mu-šu

20a-na iluGilgamiš ki-ma i-li-im

22a-na ilatIš-ḫa-ra ma-i̭ā-lum

23na- [di]-i- ma

24iluGilgamish id-[ ]na-an(?)...

25i-na mu-ši in-ni-[ -]id

27it-ta-[ ]i-na zûki

28ip-ta-ra-[ku ]-ak-tām

29ša iluGilgamish

30........... da-na(?) ni-iš-šu

COL. III

1ur-(?)ḫa .....................

2iluGilgamiš ................

3i-na ṣi-ri ....................

4i-ḫa-an-ni-ib [pi-ir-ta-šu?]

5it-bi-ma ...

6a-na pa-ni- šu

7it-tam-ḫa-ru i-na ri-bi-tu ma-ti

8iluEn-ki-dû ba-ba-am ip-ta-ri-ik

9i-na ši-pi-šu

10iluGilgamiš e-ri-ba-am u-ul id-di-in

11iṣ-ṣa-ab-tu-ma ki-ma li-i-im

13zi-ip-pa-am ’i-bu- tu

15iluGilgamiš ù iluEn-ki- dû

16iṣ-ṣa-ab-tu-ù- ma

17ki-ma li-i-im i-lu-du

18zi-ip-pa-am ’i-bu- tu

19i-ga-rum ir-tu-tū

20ik-mi-is-ma iluGilgamiš

21i-na ga-ga-ag-ga-ri ši-ip-šu

23i-ni-’i i-ra-az-zu

25iluEn-ki-dû a-na ša-ši-im

26iz-za-kar-am a-na iluGilgamiš

27ki-ma iš-te-en-ma um-ma-ka

28ú- li- id- ka

29ri-im-tum ša zu- pu-ri

30ilat-Nin- sun- na

31ul-lu e-li mu-ti ri-eš-su

32šar-ru-tam ša ni-ši

33i-ši-im-kum iluEn-lil

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Here this late text includes both variants pašāru and zakāru. The earlier texts have only the one or the other.Note 2 · For kakabê; b becomes u̯ and then is reduced to the breathing.Note 3 · The variants have kima kiṣri; ki-[ma]?-rum is a possible reading. The standard Assyrian texts regard Enkidu as the subject.Note 4 · Var. da-anNote 5 · 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-kuNote 6 · Var. nussu for nuš-šu = nušša-šu. The previous translations of this passage are erroneous.Note 7 · This is to my knowledge the first occurence of the infinitive of this verb, paḫēru, not paḫāru.Note 8 · Text ma?Note 9 · ištanamma > ištilamma.Note 10 · Cf. Code of Hammurapi IV 52 and Streck in Babyloniaca II 177.Note 11 · Restored from Tab. I Col. IV 21.Note 12 · Cf. Dhorme Choix de Textes Religieux 198, 33.Note 13 · namaštû a late form which has followed the analogy of reštû in assuming the feminine t as part of the root. The long û is due to analogy witNote 14 · Room for a small sign only, perhaps A; māi̭āk? For mâka, there, see BEHRENS, LSS. II page 1 and index.Note 15 · Infinitive “to shepherd”; see also Poebel, PBS. V 106 I, ri-i̭a-ú, ri-te-i̭a-ú.Note 16 · The text has clearly AD-RI.Note 17 · Or azzammim? The word is probably an adverb; hardly a word for cup, mug (??).Note 18 · it is uncertain and ta more likely than uš. One expects ittabriru. Cf. muttabrirru, CT. 17, 15, 2; littatabrar, EBELING, KTA. 69, 4.Note 19 · For šapparu. Text and interpretation uncertain. uttappiš II² from tapāšu, Hebrew tāpaś, seize.Note 20 · Text ta!Note 21 · On ekēšu, drive away, see Zimmern, Shurpu, p. 56. Cf. uk-kiš Myhrman, PBS. I 14, 17; uk-ki-ši, King, Cr. App. V 55; etc., etc.Note 22 · The Hebrew cognate of mašû, to forget, is našâ, Arabic nasijia, and occurs here in Babylonian for the first time. See also Brockelman, VerglNote 23 · Probably phonetic variant of edir. The preterite of edēru, to be in misery, has not been found. If this interpretation be correct the preterNote 24 · Also na-’-[ -]ma is possible.Note 25 · The text cannot be correct since it has no intelligible sign. My reading is uncertain.Note 26 · Text uncertain, kal-lu-tim is possible.Note 27 · KAK-ši.Note 28 · KAK-ši.Note 29 · Literally nostrils. pitik apunnati-šu, work done in his presence(?). The meaning of the idiom is uncertain.Note 30 · Text ZU!Note 31 · Text has erroneous form.Note 32 · Text PA-it-tam clearly!Note 33 · Omitted by the scribe.Note 34 · Sic! The plural of kakku, kakkîtu(?).Note 35 · Cf. e-pi-ša-an-šu-nu libâru, “May they see their doings,” Maḳlu VII 17.Note 36 · For šakin-šum.Note 37 · On the verb nâku see the Babylonian Book of Proverbs § 27.Note 38 · 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.Note 39 · Note BUL(tu-ku) = ratātu (falsely entered in Meissner, SAI. 7993), and irattutu in Zimmern, Shurpu, Index.Note 40 · “For ipšaḫ.”Note 41 · Sic! ḫu reduced to the breathing ’u; read i-ni-’u.Note 42 · The tablet is reckoned at forty lines in each column,Note 43 · 2iz-za-kar-am1 a-na um-mi-šuNote 44 · 6ib-ba-šu-nim-ma ka-ka-’a2 ša-ma-iNote 45 · 7ki-?-?-rum3 ša a-nim im-ku-ut a-na ṣi-ri-i̭aNote 46 · 8áš-ši-šu-ma ik-ta-bi-it4 e-li-i̭aNote 47 · 9ilam5 iš-šu-ma nu-uš-ša-šu6 u-ul el-ti-’i̭Note 48 · 10ad-ki ma-tum pa-ḫi-ir7 e-li-šuNote 49 · 21id-lu-tum ú-na-ša-ku ši-pi-šu8Note 50 · 24[iš-(?)] ti-lam-ma9 i-ta-mar ša-ni-tamNote 51 · 28[i-na?] Unuk-(ki) ri-bi-tim10Note 52 · 6ûmê 611 ù 7 mu-ši- a-timNote 53 · 10iz-za-[kar-am] a-na iluEn-ki-dû12Note 54 · 12am-mi-nim it-ti na-ma-áš-te-e13Note 55 · 23ma-a-a?14 -ak ri-i-imNote 56 · 35i-na [ ]-ḫu-ru ri-i̭a-ú15Note 57 · 4ip-te-iḳ-ma i-na -aṭ-ṭal16Note 58 · 187 aṣ-ṣa-am-mi-im17Note 59 · 21pa-nu-šu [it-]ta(?)-bir -ru18Note 60 · 31ut- tap -pi-iš šib-ba-ri19Note 61 · 4iz20-za-kar-am a-na ḫarimtiNote 62 · 5ša-am-ka-at uk-ki-ši21 a-we-lamNote 63 · 7zi-ki-ir-šu lu-uš-šu22Note 64 · 10e-di-il23 e-eš-ta-ḫi-[ṭa-am]Note 65 · 11mi-nu a-la-ku-zu na-aḫ-24 [ -]maNote 66 · 16tu-ṣa25-ar pa-a-ta-tim26Note 67 · 20pi-ti pu-uk epši27 a-na ḫa-a-a-riNote 68 · 22pi-ti pu-uk epši28Note 69 · 28i-na bi-ti-iḳ a-pu-un-na-ti-šu29Note 70 · 3i- ru- ub-ma30 a-na31 libbi Uruk-(ki) ri-bi-timNote 71 · 8i-ta-mē-a i-na ṣi-ri-šu pi(?)-it-tam32Note 72 · 9a-na mi-[ni]33 iluGilgamiš ma-ši-ilNote 73 · 16ka-i̭ā-na i-na [libbi] Uruk-(ki) kak-ki-a-tum34Note 74 · 18ša-ki-in ip-ša- nu35Note 75 · 21ša-ki-iš-šum36 me-iḫ-rumNote 76 · 26i-na-ak37-ša-am- maNote 77 · 12i- lu- du38Note 78 · 14i-ga-rum ir-tu-tū39Note 79 · 22ip-ši-iḫ40 uṣ-ṣa-šu- maNote 80 · 24iš-tu i-ra-zu i-ni-ḫu41Note 81 · duppu 2 kam-ma šu-tu-ur e-li … 4 šu-ši42
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