An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic

by Morris Jastrow; Albert Tobias Clay

[89] Assyrian version, Tablet III, 2^a, 13–14.

[90] Lines 215–222.

[91] Assyrian version, Tablet V, Columns 3–4. We have to assume that in line 13 of column 4 (Jensen, p. 164), Enkidu takes up the thread of conversation, as is shown by line 22: “Enkidu brought his dream to him and spoke to Gilgamesh.”

[92] Assyrian version, Tablet VI, lines 146–147.

[93] Lines 178–183.

[94] Lines 176–177.

[95] Tablet VII, Column 6.

[96] Assyrian version, Tablet VI, 200–203. These words are put into the mouth of Gilgamesh (lines 198–199). It is, therefore, unlikely that he would sing his own praise. Both Jensen and Ungnad admit that Enkidu is to be supplied in at least one of the lines.

[97] Lines 109 and 112.

[98] Assyrian version, Tablet IX, 1, 8–9.