Gilgamesh gives orders to the armourers to cast

the weapons necessary for the fight.

The counsellors of the town try to persuade him

not to fight as this fight is so unequal.

Gilgamesh and Enkidu decide to go and see Ninsun

to ask for the protection of Shamash.

On the border of the cedar wood, they fall asleep.

Gilgamesh has a dream, he tells Enkidu of it.

Enkidu interprets the dreams as a sign

of their being protected by the gods, and a sing of victory.