outh
and said unto Enkidu:--
"Eat bread, oh Enkidu!
It is the conformity of life,
of the conditions and the fate of the land."
Enkidu ate bread,
until he was satiated.
Beer he drank
seven _times_(?).
His thoughts became unbounded and he shouted loudly.
His heart became joyful,
and his face glowed.
He stroked.................
_the hair of the head_. [59] His body
with oil he anointed.
He became like a man.
He attired himself with clothes
even as does a husband.
He seized his weapon,
which the panther and lion
fells in the night time cruelly.
He captured the wild mountain goats.
The panther he conquered.
Among the great _sheep for sacrifice_
Enkidu was their guard.
A man, a leader,
A hero.
Unto .......... he elevated
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REVERSE I

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And he made glad.
He lifted up his eyes,
and beheld the man,
and said unto the hierodule:--
"Oh harlot, take away the man.
Wherefore did he come to me?
I would forget the memory of him."
The hierodule called unto the man
and came unto him beholding him.
She sorrowed and was astonished
how his ways were ............
Behold she opened her mouth
saying unto Enkidu:--
"At home with a family [_to dwell_??]
is the fate of mankind.
Thou shouldest design boundaries(??)
for a city. The trencher-basket put (upon thy head).
.... ......an abode of comfort.
For the king of Erech of the wide places
open, addressing thy speech as unto a husband.
Unto Gilgamish king of Erech of the wide places
open, addressing thy speech
as unto a husband.
He cohabits with the wife decreed for him,
even he formerly.
But henceforth
in the counsel which god has spoken,
in the work of his presence
shall be his fate."
At the mention of the hero
his face became pale.

REVERSE II

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going .......................
and the harlot ..... after him.
He entered into the midst of Erech of the wide places.
The artisans gathered about him.
And as he stood in the street
of Erech of the wide places,
the people assembled
disputing round about him: