Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform

Langdon, Stephen, 1876-1937· 2 chapters· 5,626 words

In the year 1914 the University Museum secured by purchase a large six column tablet nearly complete, carrying originally, according to the scribal note, 240 lines of text. The contents supply the South Babylonian version of the second book of the epic _sa nagba imuru_, "He wh...

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In the year 1914 the University Museum secured by purchase a large six column tablet nearly complete, carrying originally, according to the scribal note, 240 lines of text. The...

2. Part 2

Gilgamish, king of Erech, 207; 211, 1:115 f. 212, 17:37; 213, 2; 217, 21; 218, 9:20:24:29 and below 2; 219, 10;15:20:26. Derivation of name, 208. See also No. 16 Rev. II 15; 197...