Endnote 3 – Gilgamesh

Translation by Wilfred G. Lambert, “Gilgamesh in Religious, Historical and Omen Texts and the Historicity of Gilgamesh,” in Gilgamesh et sa legende: Etudes Recueillies par Paul Garelli (Paris, 1960), p. 40. For a reconstruction of this incantation, see Abusch, “Ishtar’s Proposal and Gilgamesh’s Refusal,” pp. 150–151, notes 13–14.