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The author includes this excerpt to establish Gilgamesh as
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Gilgamesh answered, "Dear friend, dear brother,
I cannot kill Humbaba alone.
Please stay here with me. Stand at my side.
'Two boats lashed together will never sink.
A three-ply rope is not easily broken.'
If we help each other and fight side by side,
what harm can come to us?"
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a ruthless warrior
a devoted servant of Shamash.
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