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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Eleven Tablets
Created on 2006-12-11 22:00:50 (#11805838), last updated 2006-12-29
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BioGilgamesh: Gilgamesh reigned around 2700 BC, as the 5th king of the Uruk Dynasty, with some evidence of a cult worship by 2350 BC. The discovery of artifacts associated with Agga and Enmebaragesi of Kish, two other kings named in the stories, aided in the historical timing of his reign.
The Text survived because it was written clay in cuneiform (hard to destroy). Scribes wrote it, and as accuracy was valued, this led to many copies with few variations. there are many versions:
Sumerian- five different court poems, written around 2100 BC (Bilgames, which were common for scribes to record by the time of King Hammurabi.
“Standard” Akkadian- written by Sin-liqe-unninni around 1200 BC, which is differed from the older by its incipit, or opening. The older begins with "Surpassing all other kings", the standard version "He who saw the deep.”
The First modern translation was in the 1870s by George Smith. There is a “twelfth” tablet, originally viewed as an add on, but now held as a literal translation of one of the original court poems
It is also the oldest version of the Biblical flood on record
The Text survived because it was written clay in cuneiform (hard to destroy). Scribes wrote it, and as accuracy was valued, this led to many copies with few variations. there are many versions:
Sumerian- five different court poems, written around 2100 BC (Bilgames, which were common for scribes to record by the time of King Hammurabi.
“Standard” Akkadian- written by Sin-liqe-unninni around 1200 BC, which is differed from the older by its incipit, or opening. The older begins with "Surpassing all other kings", the standard version "He who saw the deep.”
The First modern translation was in the 1870s by George Smith. There is a “twelfth” tablet, originally viewed as an add on, but now held as a literal translation of one of the original court poems
It is also the oldest version of the Biblical flood on record
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