The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian ; Translated and with an Introduction by Andrew GeorgeThe epic was originally the work of an anonymous Babylonian poet who lived more than 3,700 years ago. This is the tale of one man's struggle against death. The hero seeks immortality and journeys to the ends of the earth and beyond. |
Contents
List of Figures | vii |
Introduction | xiii |
A Note on the Translation | liii |
Map of the Ancient Near East | lix |
Babylonian Texts of the Early Second Millennium BC ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Babylonian Texts of the Late Second Millennium BC from | 127 |
The Sumerian Poems of Gilgamesh | 141 |
From Tablet to Translation | 209 |
Glossary of Proper Nouns | 222 |
Copyright | |