Hi Eddie.

Eddie Larry Wrote:
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> Thanks for that video Audrey. Gilgamesh would
> love castle grove. He would have cut down those
> trees as well.
>
> 52 - 60
> “Whoever had a household went to his household.
> Whoever had a mother went to his mother. Bachelor
> males, types like him -- there were fifty --
> joined him at his side. He made his way to the
> blacksmith's, and had them cast ...... weapons and
> axes, the strength of warriors. Then he made his
> way to the deeply shaded plantations, where he had
> ebony trees felled, and halub trees, apricot
> trees, and box trees. He ...... to his
> fellow-citizens who were going with him. {(1 ms.
> adds:) Warriors, sons of a single mother .......}
> The first, their eldest brother, has lion's paws
> and eagle's claws. They will guide him to the
> place in the mountains where the boats have to be
> pulled from the water.
>
> 61. He crossed the first mountain range, {but his
> intuition did not lead him to find the cedars
> there} {(1 ms. has instead:) the cedars did not
> catch his attention}. {(the same ms. adds:) He
> crossed the second mountain range, but the cedars
> did not catch his attention. He crossed the third
> mountain range, but the cedars did not catch his
> attention. He crossed the fourth mountain range,
> but the cedars did not catch his attention. He
> crossed the fifth mountain range, but the cedars
> did not catch his attention. He crossed the sixth
> mountain range, but the cedars did not catch his
> attention.} {(another ms. adds instead:)
> unknown no. of lines missing
>
> He crossed the third mountain range, but his
> intuition did not lead him to find the cedars
> there. He crossed the fourth mountain range, but
> his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars
> there. He crossed the fifth mountain range, but
> his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars
> there. He crossed the sixth mountain range, but
> his intuition did not lead him to find the cedars
> there.}
>
> 62-67. When he had crossed the seventh mountain
> range, there his intuition led him to find the
> cedars. He did not need to ask, nor did he have to
> search any further. Lord Gilgamec began to chop at
> the cedars, {{while Enkidu lopped off their
> branches, ...... to Gilgamec.} {(1 ms. has
> instead:) while Enkidu ...... their branches, and
> his fellow-citizens .......} {(1 ms. adds:) to
> ......, Enkidu .......} ...... stacked them in
> piles. {(1 ms. adds:) Huwawa .......} He loosed
> his terrrors against .......} {(instead of lines
> 65-67, 1 ms. has:) while Enkidu cut up the
> timbers, and the widows' sons who had come with
> him heaped them up in piles. Since, because of the
> ......, Huwawa had been scared in his lair by
> Gilgamec, he began to radiate his terrors
> .......}”
>
> The Sumerian. version of “Gilgamec and Huwawa
> (Version A)” From
> <[etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk]
> xt=t.1.8.1.5&charenc=j#>
>
> Interestingly, Gilgamesh and Enkidu plus the 50
> non-royal bachelors had to cross 7 mountain ranges
> before they attained their quest.

Can you quote or cite the Sumerian version that says the the Zagros mountains were the specific location of the cedar forest. Unless I am missing something this seems a bit vague.