An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic

Synopsis

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic is co-authored by Talmudic scholar Marcus Jastrow and American archaeologist Albert Tobias Clay. The Gilgamesh Epic is the most notable literary product of Babylonia as yet discovered in the mounds of Mesopotamia.

It recounts the exploits and adventures of a favorite hero, and in its final form covers twelve tablets, each tablet consisting of six columns (three on the obverse and three on the reverse) of about 50 lines for each column, or a total of about 3600 lines.

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