ENGLISH

’Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld’ and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

By Alhena Gadotti

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2014
ISBN
1614517088, 9781614517085
ISSN
0502-7012
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12410428 bytes)
Series
Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 10
Pages
XVI+430\449
Topic
Literature Literary
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2016-08-27 11:20:14
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Description

Providing a new perspective on the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories, Alhena Gadotti argues that a Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle was developed as early as Ur III, and that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld was the first, not the last story of this cycle. Prompted by several texts that have come to light since Aaron Shaffer's 1963 publication of the text, this book offers a new edition and a re-examination of the composition.

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