The Lantern

Yale Tablet3

GILG

..... [until] Huwawa, [the terrible],

........................

............ [I destroyed].

[I will go down to the] cedar forest,

................... the jungle

............... tambourine (?)

................ I will open it.

Enkidu opened his mouth and

spoke to Gish:

"Know, my friend, in the mountain,

when I moved about with the cattle

to a distance of one double hour into the heart of the forest,

[Alone?] I penetrated within it,

[To] Huwawa, whose roar is a flood,

whose mouth is fire,

whose breath is death.

Why dost thou desire

To do this?

To advance towards

the dwelling(?) of Huwawa?"

Gish opened his mouth and

[spoke to Enkidu:

"... [the covering(?)] I will destroy.

....[in the forest]

....................

....................

To .................

The dwelling [of Huwawa]

The axe ..........

Thou ..........

I will [go down to the forest]."

Enkidu opened his mouth and

spoke to [Gish:]

"When [together(?)] we go down

To the [cedar] forest,

whose guardian, O warrior Gish,

a power(?) without [rest(?)],

Huwawa, an offspring(?) of ....

Adad ......................

He ........................