Afterlife blog #4

In the section "On the Search for Immortality" Enkidu is dying and reveals a dream to he had to Gilgamesh regarding the afterlife.  As Enkidu enters the afterlife he is greeted by a bird like figure which transforms Enkidu into a similar bird.  As they fly they find the palace of Irkalla.  Then Enkidu says there is a house with people sitting alone where dust is their food and clay is their meat. Inside the house were rulers and kings of earth serving gods.  This tells me that these rulers were not just in their kingship.