Beside the sea, lonely she lives, the woman of the wine, in a house. Gilgamesh, after wandering a long time, arrives near her house. Astonished by his look, she asks him who he is, why he has come to this place, forbidden to the human race. Gilgamesh opens his mouth and says to the woman of the wine:

“My friend, my younger brother

Who had endured dangers beside me,

Enkidu, my friend whom I loved,

the end of mortality has overtaken him.

Day and night I wept over him.

I would not let him be buried

To see if he would come to life again on hearing the sound of my sorrow.

I would not let him be buried

For seven days and seven nights,

till worms fastened on him.

With him dead, I could see life no more;

I walked here and there in the wilderness.

May I not see death which I cannot stop fearing.