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An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic

Morris Jastrow Jr. and Albert T. Clay1920
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This volume presents a pivotal scholarly translation and analysis of the Yale and Pennsylvania tablets belonging to the 'Old Babylonian' version of the Gilgamesh Epic. Morris Jastrow and Albert Clay provide a critical examination of these fragments, which represent some of the earliest known iterations of the legendary narrative. The work focuses on the evolution of the relationship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu, the quest for immortality, and the specific mythological motifs that differentiate the Old Babylonian period from the later, better-known Nineveh version of the epic.

Also known asMorris Jastrow Jr. and Albert T. Clay - Old Babylonian Gilgamesh · The Old Babylonian Gilgamesh
This edition1920
EditionYale Oriental Series
Creation MythsMythologyimmortalityHistory of religionClassical heroesComparative Mythologyritual documentationAncient MagicMesopotamian / Sumerian-Babylonian

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Contents56 chapters

  1. 01Yale Oriental Series. Researches, Volume IV, 3.
  2. 02An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic
  3. 03On the Basis of Recently Discovered Texts
  4. 04Prefatory Note
  5. 05Introduction.
  6. 06Pennsylvania Tablet
  7. 07Pennsylvania Tablet.
  8. 08Transliteration.
  9. 09Col. I.
  10. 10Col. II.
  11. 11Col. III.
  12. 12Col. IV.
  13. 13Col. V.
  14. 14Col. VI.
  15. 15Translation.
  16. 16Col. I.
  17. 17Col II.
  18. 18Col. III.
  19. 19Col. IV.
  20. 20Col. V.
  21. 21Col. VI.
  22. 22Commentary on the Pennsylvania Tablet.
  23. 23Yale Tablet.
  24. 24Transliteration.
  25. 25Col. I.
  26. 26Col. II.
  27. 27Col. III.
  28. 28Col. IV.
  29. 29Col. V.
  30. 30Col. VI.
  31. 31L.E.
  32. 32Translation.
  33. 33Col. I.
  34. 34Col. II.
  35. 35Col. III.
  36. 36Col. IV.
  37. 37Col. V.
  38. 38Col. VI.
  39. 39L.E.
  40. 40Corrections to the Text of Langdon’s Edition of the Pennsylvania Tablet.1
  41. 41Column 1.
  42. 42Column 2.
  43. 43Column 3.
  44. 44Column 4.
  45. 45Column 5.
  46. 46Column 6.
  47. 47Plates
  48. 48Plate I.
  49. 49Plate II.
  50. 50Plate III.
  51. 51Plate IV.
  52. 52Plate V.
  53. 53Plate VI.
  54. 54Plate VII.
  55. 55THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  56. 56"Cover"

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