3i6      ASSYRIAN AND  BABYLONIAN  LITERATURE

made him (Adapa) * * * ^o wear, clothed him with a

mourner's garment, and said to him [as follows?]:

" Adapa, thou shalt go and stand before Anu, the king.

* * * when thou arrivest at

heaven, and approach the gate of Anu,

there (you will find) as guards of the gate of Anu, Tamuz

(and) Gishzlda; they will see thee and ask: ' Man!

why dost thou look thus, Adapa?  for whose sake

dost thou wear a mourner's garment?'    'Because two

gods have
disappeared from our country.'   ' And, pray, who are the

two gods who have disappeared
from the country?'    'Tamuz and GIshzida.'    They will

look at each other
and will be surprised.   They will say good words
to Anu (and) a ' friendly face of Anu they will
show unto thee.'    When thou enterest the presence of

Anu,
they wifl offer thee * Meat (Bread) of Death.'
Eat not of it!   They will offer thee ' Water of Death.'
Drink not of It!    They will bring thee a garment.
Put  it  on!    They  will  offer  thee  oil.     Anoint  thyself

with It!
The command which I have thus given thee, neglect not!

the words,
which I have spoken to thee, forget not! "   The messenger
of Anu arrived (who had said): " Adapa has broken
the wing of the south-wind " (to whom Anu had said):

" Let him be brought before me! "

He made him tal^e the road to heaven, and Adapa went up

to heaven.
And as he arrived at heaven and approached the gate of

Anu,
there stood Tamuz and GIshzida at the gate.
As soon as they saw him they cried out: " Help!
Man!   Why dost thou look thus, Adapa?
For whose sake dost thou wear a mourner's garment?"