I will place thee on a chariot of lapis lazuli and gold,
With wheels of gold and horns of sapphire (?)
Drawn by great ... steeds (?).
With sweet odor of cedars enter our house.
Upon entering our house,
... will kiss thy feet.
Kings, lords, and princes will be submissive to thee,
Products of mountain and land, they will bring as tribute to thee.
Ishtar appears here as the goddess of love and fertility. As such she promises Gilgamesh also abundance of herds. But Gilgamesh rejects the offer, giving as his reason the sad fate encountered by these who were victims of Ishtar's love:
Tammuz, the consort of thy youth (?),