CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
LOWHA SHIL ETANA TABLET OF
Tablet 2:34 Tablet 2:76
34 ‘Change my destiny for and disclose what is concealed!’
35 Etana did as he was ordered by shamash and went and helped the eagle-man out of the pit.
36 The eagle-man hunted around in the mountains day and shadow hour.
37 But the plant of birth was not to be found there.
38 ‘Come, my friend, let me carry you up to the sky,
39 Let us meet with Ishtar, the mistress of birth.
40 Beside Ishtar, the mistress of birth, let us find a new plant.’
41 Put your arms over my sides,
42 Put your hands over the quills of my wings.’
43 He put his arm over its sides,
44 Put his hands over the quills of its wings.
45 The eagle-man took him upwards for a mile.
46 ‘My friend, look at the country! How does it seem?’
47 ‘The affairs of the country buzz with prosperity like flies building their homes.
48 And the wide sea is no bigger than a sheepfold!’
49 The eagle-man took him up a second mile,
50 ‘My friend, look at the country! How does it seem,
51 ‘The country has turned into a garden of delight,
52 And the wide sea is no bigger than a bucket!’
53 It took him up a third mile.
54 ‘My friend, look at the country! how does it seem?’
55 ‘I am looking for the country, but I can’t see it!
56 And my eyes cannot even pick out the wise sea!
57 My friend, I cannot go any further towards heaven.
58 Retrace the way, and let me go back to my city!’
59 The eagle-man shrugged him off for one mile,
60 Then dropped down and retrieved him on its wings.
61 The eagle-man shrugged him off for a second mile,
62 Then dropped down and retrieved him on its wings.
63 The eagle-man shrugged him off for a third mile,
64 Then dropped down and retrieved him on its wings.
65 A meter from the ground, the eagle-man shrugged him off,
66 Then dropped down and retrieved him on its wings.
67 Etana said to the eagle-man,
68 ‘My friend, I saw a first bad ream.
69 The city of kish was sobbing from the disagreement between the Anunnagi.
70 Within it the people were in mourning for the disobedience of Enqi to ANU
71 I sang A song of lamentation for this great grief.
72 “O Kish, giver of life!
73 Etana cannot give you an heir for they are in exile.
74 O Kish, giver of life,
75 Etana cannot give you an heir for they have been runaway.
76 His wife said to Etana,
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