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Aug 1, 2024 · Epic of Gilgamesh, ancient Mesopotamian odyssey recorded in the Akkadian language about Gilgamesh, the king of the Mesopotamian city-state Uruk (Erech). The fullest extant text of the Gilgamesh epic is on 12 incomplete Akkadian-language tablets found in the mid-19th century at Nineveh.
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Read the oldest written story on Earth, about the adventures of the King of Uruk, on 11 clay tablets in cunieform script. Learn about the translation, the edition, and the missing Tablet XII.
Tablet XI (or the Flood Tablet) of the Epic of Gilgamesh. British Museum George Smith transliterated Tablet XI. Gilgamesh observes that Utnapishtim seems no different from himself, and asks him how he obtained his immortality.
- Aaron Shaffer, Herbert Mason, Jean Bottéro, Stephen Mitchell, Andrew George, Morris Jastrow, Albert ...
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Take hold of the threshold stone--it dates from ancient times! Go close to the Eanna Temple, the residence of Ishtar, such as no later king or man ever equaled! Go up on the wall of Uruk and walk around, examine its foundation, inspect its brickwork thoroughly.
It is the 11th Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh and tells how the gods determined to send a flood to destroy the earth, but one of them, Ea, revealed the plan to Utu-napishtim whom he instructed to make a boat in which to save himself and his family.
Learn about the legendary king of Uruk, his wild companion Enkidu, and their adventures in the first tablet of the ancient Mesopotamian epic. Explore the themes of heroism, friendship, and wisdom in this classic story.
Jul 28, 2021 · The 3,500-year-old tablet, from what is now Iraq, bears text from the Epic of Gilgamesh - one of the world's oldest works of literature. Officials say it was illegally imported before being...
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