02100cam a2200349 4500 1011070737 TxGeo 20231013120000.0 030506s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003269516 9780140449198 pbk. 0140449191 pbk. (OCoLC)52574142 TxGeo eng akk sux hit Gilgamesh. The epic of Gilgamesh : the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian / translated with an introduction by Andrew George. London : Penguin Books, [2003] lv, 228 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. First published in Penguin Classics in 2000. "Reprinted with minor revisions 2003"--T.p. verso. "First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane The Penguin Press 1999"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-228). The standard version of the Babylonian Gilgamesh epic: 'He who saw the deep' -- Babylonian texts of the early second millennium BC -- Babylonian texts of the late second millennium BC, from sites in Babylonia -- Babylonian texts of the late second millennium BC, from sites outside Babylonia -- The Sumerian poems of Gilgamesh. Preserved on clay tablets dating back as far as four thousand years ago, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. It tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. In addition to its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, it is the story of mankind's eternal struggle with the fear of death. 20231023. Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian Translations into English. Epic poetry, Sumerian Translations into English. Narrative poetry. George, A. R. QS5