The Epic of Gilgamish

[Jennifer Murdoch]

57:2 Or, if it is the Architect speaking, "my dwelling."

57:3 These lines are capable of two restorations: either "If thou [drawest] . . . unto . . ., then the ghosts will accompany thee to thy Temple," or "If thou [drawest] . . . unto . ., or go to the Temple." Some slight restoration can be made from I. 31.

58:1 Shaddata, shadadu being used in medicine for sucking or drawing vapour through a tube. This short poem may be the regular lament of the professional mourner.

[Jennifer Murdoch]

58:2 There is a little confusion in the next three or four lines, in comparison with the previous parallel text, and it may be that we should boldly emend or correct them accordingly.

58:3 Lit. "’twas the earth [seized h]im," or "’twas the earth [ditto]."

58:4 It is uncertain what is to be restored for the two mutilated words at the beginning.

[Jennifer Murdoch]

60:1 Lit. "his father and his mother."

60:2 Lit. "and o’er him his wife ...."

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