Hello!
I’m in the process of creating illustrations for Epic of Gilgamesh and I wanted to incorporate quotes as part of the composition. The catch is that I don’t know how to read or write cuneiform, so I would be very grateful for some help. I’ve had a look at the tablets in one of the A.R.George’s book but I struggle to make out the characters or repetitive words which could help to identify the quotes (like the word ‘ibru’ referring to Enkidu or the names of the characters).
The first line I wanted to incorporate is either ‘Humbaba, the guardian of the Forest [of Cedar]’ or ‘Gilgamesh [smote him] in the neck’ from Tablet V lines 241 and 261 accordingly). I’m okay with filling the gaps which are missing in the text.
The second one is ‘O father, give me, please, the Bull of Heaven, that I may slay Gilgamesh in his dwelling’ form Tablet VI (lines 94-95).
The third one is from Tablet VIII ‘I shall weep for Enkidu, my friend!’ (line 44)
Last but bit the least is from Tablet X on mortality ‘Then all of a sudden, there is nothing here’ (line 315).
Also, is there a database/book with the characters in cuneiform for Akkadian, so I could be confident in writing the syllables right (since it’s Standard Babylonian version, I believe)?
Many thanks!! <3