Chapter 1, Tablet 1
Becoming aware of himself, he sought a friend. (1.194-204)
Chapter 2, Tablet 2
Who, my friend, can ascend to the heavens?(Only) the gods can dwell forever with Shamash.As for human beings, their days are numbered,and whatever they keep trying to achieve is but wind!Now you ar...
Chapter 3, Tablet 3
"Let Enkidu go ahead of you;he knows the road to the Cedar Forest,he has seen fighting, has experienced battle.Enkidu will protect the friend, will keep the comrade safe." (3.1-9)
Chapter 4, Tablet 4
"'One alone cannot …'…'A slippery path is not feared by two people who help each other.''Twice three times …''A three-ply rope cannot be cut.''The mighty lion—two cubs can roll him over.'"...
Chapter 5, Tablet 5
"You understand the rules of my forest, the rules …,further, you are aware of all the things 'So ordered (by Enlil).'I should have carried you up, and killed you at the very entrance to the branc...
Chapter 6, Tablet 6
"You are an oven who … ice,a half-door that keeps out neither breeze nor blast,a palace that crushes down valiant warriors,an elephant who devours its own covering,pitch that blackens the hands o...
Chapter 7, Tablet 7
Now Gilgamesh is your beloved brother-friend!He will have you lie on a grand couch,and will have you lie in the seat of ease, the seat at his left,so that the princes of the world kiss your feet.He...
Chapter 8, Tablet 8
May the …, the cypress, and the cedar which we destroyed(?) in our anger mourn you.May the bear, hyena, panther, tiger, water buffalo(?), jackal, lion, wild bull, stag, ibex, all the creatures of...
Chapter 9, Tablet 9
I am going to die!—am I not like Enkidu?!Deep sadness penetrates my core,I fear death, and now roam the wilderness—I will set out to the region of Utanapishtim, son of Ubartutu, and will go wit...
Chapter 10, Tablet 10
Six days and seven nights I mourned over himand would not allow him to be burieduntil a maggot fell out of his nose.I was terrified by his appearance(?),I began to fear death, and so roam the wilde...
Chapter 11, Tablet 11
Enlil went up inside the boatand, grasping my hand, made me go up.He had my wife go up and kneel by my side.He touched our forehead and, standing between us, he blessed us:'Previously Utanapishtim...