(6) The Great Bear obtained it, and has never erred from its course. The sun and moon obtained it, and have never ceased to revolve. K'an P'i obtained it, and established the K'un-lun mountains. P'ing I obtained it, and rules over the streams. Chien Wu obtained it, and dwells on Mount T'ai. The Yellow Emperor obtained it, and soared upon the clouds to heaven. Chuan Hsü obtained it, and dwells in the Dark Palace. Yü Ch'iang obtained it, and fixed himself at the North Pole. Hsi Wang Mu obtained it, and settled at Shao Kuang; since when, no one knows; until when, no one knows either. P'êng Tsu obtained it, and lived from the time of Shun until the time of the Five Princes. Fu Yüeh obtained it, and as the Minister of Wu Ting got the empire under his control. And now, charioted upon one constellation and drawn by another, he has been enrolled among the stars of heaven. Nan Po Tzŭ K'uei said to Nü Yü, "You are old, Sir, and yet your countenance is like that of a child. How is this?" Nü Yü replied, "I have learnt Tao." "Could I get Tao by studying it?" asked the other.

(10) Give me the markers! If possible, I will cross the sea; if not, I will roam through the wilderness! Urshanabi spoke to Gilgamesh, saying: "It is your hands, Gilgamesh, that prevent the crossing! You have smashed the stone things,' you have pulled out their retaining ropes (?). 'The stone things' have been smashed, their retaining ropes (!) pulled out! Gilgamesh, take the axe in your hand, go down into the woods, and cut down 300 punting poles each 60 cubits in length. Strip them, attach caps(?), and bring them to the boat! When Gilgamesh heard this he took up the axe in his hand, drew the dagger from his belt, and went down into the woods, and cut 300 punting poles each 60 cubits in length. He stripped them and attached caps(!), and brought them to the boat. Gilgamesh and Urshanabi bearded the boat, Gilgamesh launched the magillu-boat' and they sailed away.

(71) And my spirit saw the girdle which girt that house of fire, And on its four sides were streams full of living fire, And they girt that house.

(3) And I have taken the light of the spirit from the frightful water.

(17) And they took me to the living waters, and to the fire of the west, which receives every setting of the sun.

(17) And I came to a river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards the west.

(613) 1736 ------------------------------------ 1736 ------------------------------------ 1736 ------------ N., father --------- 1736 Hdhd ---------------------------1736e - -------------------------------------1736f - ------------ to the Marsh of Offerings. 1737 Hdhd, the ferryman of the Winding Watercourse, comes 1737 ----------------------------------------- 1738 ------------173 8 [Osiris] N. [comes] on the right side of the Marsh of Offerings, behind the two Great Gods, 1738 that N. may hear what they say ------------------ 1739 ----- coming forth (?) like Osiris to wash thy hands ----1739a + 1 (N. J�quier, XXIV 1350 + 74-75). ear -----------Tefnut. 1739 If Tefnut seizes thee; if Shu grasps thee, 1739 then the majesty of R` will shine no more (?) in the horizon, that every god may see him.

(4) And in the reign of Takhmôrup, when men continually passed, on the back of the ox Sarsaok, from Khvanîras to the other regions, one night amid the sea the wind rushed upon the fireplace—the fireplace in which the fire was, such as was provided in three places on the back of the ox—which the wind dropped with the fire into the sea; and all those three fires, like three breathing souls, continually shot up in the place and position of the fire on the back of the ox, so that it becomes quite light, and the men pass again through the sea.

(3) Moses beheld a visionary being in the midst of this tree (the burning bush) and from it cut the magical rod with which he was able to bring water out of a stone. But because he failed to call upon the Lord the second time he struck the rock, he was not permitted to carry the sacred staff into the Promised Land; so he planted it in the hills of Moab. After much searching, King David discovered the tree; and his son, Solomon, tried to use it for a pillar in his Temple, but his carpenters could not cut it so that it would fit; it was always either too long or too short. At last, disgusted, they cast it aside and used it for a bridge to connect Jerusalem with the surrounding hills. When the Queen of Sheba came to visit King Solomon she was expected to walk across this bridge. Instead, when she beheld the tree, she refused to put her foot upon it, but, after kneeling and praying, removed her sandals and forded the stream. This so impressed King Solomon that he ordered the log to be overlaid with golden places and placed above the door of his Temple. There it remained until his covetous grandson stole the gold, and buried the tree so that the crime would not be discovered.

(513) 1168 To say: When father N. ascends to heaven among the gods who are in heaven; 1168 and when he stands by the great w`r.t; 1168 he hears the words of the blessed dead 1169 R` finds thee on the shores (or, lands) of the sky, in the ntiocean, in Nut. 1169 "He comes, who should come," say the gods. 1170 He gives thee his arm on (at) the 'iskn of the sky. 1170 "He comes who knows his place," say the gods. 1171 Pure one, assume thy throne in the boat of R`, 1171 that thou mayest sail the sky, that thou mayest mount above the ways (or, the far-off ways); 1171 that thou mayest sail with the imperishable stars; 1171 and that thou mayest voyage with the indefatigable (stars). 1172 Thou receivest the tribute of the evening boat; 1172 thou becomest a spirit in the D.t; 1172 thou livest in this sweet life in which the lord of the horizon lives. 1173 "Great Flood dwelling in Nut, who indeed has done this for thee?", 1173 say the gods who follow Atum. 1174 A greater than he hath done that for him, he who is north of the nti-ocean of Nut. 1174 He has heard his appeal; 'he has done for him what he said. 1174 He has received his, body in the court of the prince of Nun, 1174 before the Great Ennead.

(12) And why is someone not its master sailing on it? The one who is coming is not a man of mine,... I keep looking but not... I keep looking but not... I keep looking..." lines are missing here.] Utanapishtim said to Gilgamesh: "Why are your cheeks emaciated, your expression desolate! Why is your heart so wretched, your features so haggard! Why is there such sadness deep within you! Why do you look like one who has been traveling a long distance so that ice and heat have seared your face!... you roam the wilderness! Gilgamesh spoke to Utanapishtim saying: "Should not my cheeks be emaciated, my expression desolate! Should my heart not be wretched, my features not haggard! Should there not be sadness deep within me! Should I not look like one who has been traveling a long distance, and should ice and heat not have seared my face!... should I not roam the wilderness) My friend who chased wild asses in the mountain, the panther of the wilderness, Enkidu, my friend, who chased wild asses in the mountain, the panther of the wilderness, we joined together, and went up into the mountain.