I beheld] my
likeness
in the street.
Epic of Gilgamesh
He bore a net but I was not able to bear it.
I summoned the land to assemble unto him,
that heroes might kiss his feet.
He stood up before me [55]
and they stood over against me.
I lifted him and carried him away unto thee. "
The mother of Gilgamish she that knows all things,
said unto Gilgamish:--
"Truly oh Gilgamish he is
born [56] in the fields like thee.
The mountains have reared him.
Thou beholdest him and art distracted(? )
Heroes kiss _his_ feet.
Thou shalt spare him. . . .
Thou shalt lead him to me. "
Again he dreamed and saw another dream
and reported it unto his mother.
"My mother, I have seen another
[dream.
I beheld] my likeness in the street.
In Erech of the wide spaces [57]
he hurled the axe,
and they assembled about him.
Another axe seemed his visage.
I saw him and was astounded.
I loved him as a woman,
falling upon him in embrace.
I took him and made him
my brother. "
The mother of Gilgamish she that knows all things
[said unto Gilgamish:--]
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