Text Treasures: Gilgamesh : A Mesopotamian Story of Longing and Loss

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian literary work that tells a fantastic story of King Gilgamesh’s failed quest for immortality. Set in early dynastic Uruk (c. 2600 BCE), Gilgamesh reentered the literary world in 1872, when George Smith—an Assyriologist at the British Museum—first trans...

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Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2023
In: The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2023, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 64-65
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Biblical archaeology
Further subjects:B Friendship
B Book review
B GILGAMESH (Poem)
B Mortality
B Humanity
B GILGAMESH (Legendary character)
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian literary work that tells a fantastic story of King Gilgamesh’s failed quest for immortality. Set in early dynastic Uruk (c. 2600 BCE), Gilgamesh reentered the literary world in 1872, when George Smith—an Assyriologist at the British Museum—first translated a line of the poem from a cuneiform tablet […]
ISSN:0098-9444
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review