Col. I.
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Jastrow, Morris and Clay, Albert Tobias
1Gish sought to interpret the dream;
2Spoke to his mother:
3“My mother, during my night
4I became strong and moved about
5among the heroes;
6And from the starry heaven
7A meteor(?) of Anu fell upon me:
8I bore it and it grew heavy upon me,
9I became weak and its weight I could not endure.
10The land of Erech gathered about it.
11The heroes kissed its feet.1
12It was raised up before me.
13They stood me up.2
14I bore it and carried it to thee.”
15The mother of Gish, who knows all things,
16Spoke to Gish:
17“Some one, O Gish, who like thee
18In the field was born and
19Whom the mountain has reared,
20Thou wilt see (him) and [like a woman(?)] thou wilt rejoice.
21Heroes will kiss his feet.
22Thou wilt spare [him and wilt endeavor]
23To lead him to me.”
24He slept and saw another
25Dream, which he reported to his mother:
26[“My mother,] I have seen another
27[Dream.] My likeness I have seen in the streets
28[Of Erech] of the plazas.
29An axe was brandished, and
30They gathered about him;
31And the axe made him angry.
32I saw him and I rejoiced,
33I loved him as a woman,
34I embraced him.
35I took him and regarded him
36As my brother.”
37The mother of Gish, who knows all things,
38[Spoke to Gish]:
39[“O Gish, the man whom thou sawest,]
40[Whom thou didst embrace like a woman].