The Lantern

Pennsylvania Tablet1

GILG

Gish sought to interpret the dream;

Spoke to his mother:

"My mother, during my night

I became strong and moved about

among the heroes;

And from the starry heaven

A meteor(?) of Anu fell upon me:

I bore it and it grew heavy upon me,

I became weak and its weight I could not endure.

The land of Erech gathered about it.

The heroes kissed its feet.

It was raised up before me.

They stood me up.

I bore it and carried it to thee."

The mother of Gish, who knows all things,

Spoke to Gish:

"Some one, O Gish, who like thee

In the field was born and

Whom the mountain has reared,

Thou wilt see (him) and [like a woman(?)] thou wilt rejoice.

Heroes will kiss his feet.

Thou wilt spare [him and wilt endeavor]

To lead him to me."

He slept and saw another

Dream, which he reported to his mother:

["My mother,] I have seen another

[Dream.] My likeness I have seen in the streets

[Of Erech] of the plazas.

An axe was brandished, and

They gathered about him;

And the axe made him angry.

I saw him and I rejoiced,

I loved him as a woman,

I embraced him.

I took him and regarded him

As my brother."

The mother of Gish, who knows all things,

[Spoke to Gish]:

["O Gish, the man whom thou sawest,]

[Whom thou didst embrace like a woman].