4 šu-ši[42]


[1] Here this late text includes both variants pašāru and zakāru. The earlier texts have only the one or the other.

[2] For kakabê; b becomes and then is reduced to the breathing.

[3] The variants have kima kiṣri; ki-[ma]?-rum is a possible reading. The standard Assyrian texts regard Enkidu as the subject.

[4] Var. da-an

[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-kud = ki-is-su.

[6] Var. nussu for nuš-šu = nušša-šu. The previous translations of this passage are erroneous.

[7] This is to my knowledge the first occurence of the infinitive of this verb, paḫēru, not paḫāru.

[8] Text ma?