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Gilgamesh / translated by Stanley Lombardo ; introduction by Gary Beckman.
Loaned to Another Library PJ3771.G5 E5 2019
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- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Gilgamesh. English
- Language:
- Akkadian
- English
- Hittite
- Sumerian
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 91 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2019]
- Summary:
- "A translation of the Gilgamesh epic that is coherent as English narrative poetry while staying as close as feasible to the outlines of the original text" -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Tablet I: The Creation of Enkidu
- Tablet II: Gilgamesh Befriends Enkidu
- Tablet III: Preparations for the Journey
- Tablet IV: Journey to the Cedar Forest
- Tablet V: The Fight with Humbaba
- Tablet VI: The Bull of Heaven
- Tablet VII: The Death of Enkidu
- Tablet VIII: Enkidu's Funeral
- Tablet IX: The Quest for Immortality
- Tablet X: Shiduri's Tavern
- Tablet XI: Utnapishtim and the Flood
- Appendix: Lacunae
- Glossary of Deities, Persons, and Places.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Akkadian, Sumerian, and Hittite.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781624667725
- 1624667724
- 9781624667732
- 1624667732
- OCLC:
- 1056200840
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