Col. IV.
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Jastrow, Morris and Clay, Albert Tobias
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131Making merry.
132He lifted up his eyes,
133He sees the man.
134He spoke to the woman:
135“O, courtesan, lure on the man.
136Why has he come to me?
137His name I will destroy.”
138The woman called to the man
139Who approaches to him3 and he beholds him.
140“Away! why dost thou [quake(?)]
141Evil is the course of thy activity.”4
142Then he5 opened his mouth and
143Spoke to Enkidu:
144”[To have (?)] a family home
145Is the destiny of men, and
146The prerogative(?) of the nobles.
147For the city(?) load the workbaskets!
148Food supply for the city lay to one side!
149For the King of Erech of the plazas,
150Open the hymen(?), perform the marriage act!
151For Gish, the King of Erech of the plazas,
152Open the hymen(?),
153Perform the marriage act!
154With the legitimate wife one should cohabit.
155So before,
156As well as in the future.6
157By the decree pronounced by a god,
158From the cutting of his umbilical cord
159(Such) is his fate.”
160At the speech of the hero
161His face grew pale.
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