The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts 2 Volumes
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr | 2003 | ISBN-10: 0198149220 | ISBN-13: 978 0198149224 | English/Akkadian | PDF | 986 pages | 33.68 Mb
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr | 2003 | ISBN-10: 0198149220 | ISBN-13: 978 0198149224 | English/Akkadian | PDF | 986 pages | 33.68 Mb
The Babylonian Gilgamesh epic is the oldest long poem in the world, with a history going back four thousand years. It tells the fascinating and moving story of Gilgamesh's heroic deeds and lonely quest for immortality. This book collects for the first time all the known sources in the original cuneiform, including many fragments never published before. The author's personal study of every available fragment has produced a definitive edition and translation, complete with comprehensive introductory chapters that place the poem and its hero in context.
Target language: Akkadian
Source language: English
Review
… monumental … splendid book … expect to see a revival of Gilgamesh studies in the next few years, renewed and invigorated by George's magnificent study. Bryn Mawr Classical Review … exhaustive … comprehensive … George is an excellent cuneiformist and his edition is as complete as anyone might hope … a great achievement. The Times Higher Education Supplement George will be thanked by Assyriologists for the labour of producing such a comprehensive edition of all known pieces of text, great and small. The Times Higher Education Supplement
Ancient Dilmun I did not even know existed; Yet alone that it is considered to have been where Utanaistim dwelled after the flood. Read this book; you will learn so much about ancient beliefs and customs.
Very informative. I had no idea Black coral or Thorny coral was considered rejuvenating by Asian people, and that is just a side bar, there is so much you can learn about the advances and changes in human culture you have to read it to believe it. Even the differences in cuneiform writing through the ages tell a story. How closely related the more ancient heiroglyphs recently discovered to cuneiform is amazing. I could go on and on but it's better to just read the book.