The Resurrection of Enkidu

The last section of the book had some parts that were quite challenging for me to understand. The following quote explains one of them.

"The Drum and Drumstick I had in the Carpenter's house, where the Carpenter's daughter was, and the carpenter's wife and daughter were like my mother and sister the Drum and Drumstick that I had fallen down through a hole into the Nether World, out of my sight, down through the hole in the floor."

It was hard for me to discover the symbolical reference of the Drum and Drustick. At first, I just thought they reprensented Enkidu, who had had died and gone to the Nether World. It was a good generalization until I read that Enkidu volunteered to bring it back, meaning the drum couldn't be him. My other guess was that idea could be literal, not symbolic. It could always be an option that Gilgamesh had some sort of drum and drumstick that meant alot to him, of course, this idea is very improbable, taking into account the fact that something so important should ahve mentioned or explained before. As for the part where Gilgamesh mentions the carpenter's daughter and wife, I can can only assume it means what he says it does, that they were like his mother and sister. Who know's what connection between the carpenter's family was with the drum and drumstick, the only thing im sure of is that they relate to the resurrection of Enkidu.

(This entry is the one for pages 85-92, not the final one)