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The epic of Gilgamesh : the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian / translated and with an introduction by Andrew George.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Akkadian, Sumerian, Hittite Series: Penguin classicsPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2003Edition: Reprinted editionDescription: lv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780140449198 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Gilgamesh. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 892.1 EPI 22
Summary: Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George.
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Includes appendix.

Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references.

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George.

Text in English ; translated from the original Akkadian, Sumerian and Tahitian.

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