A new interpretation of the playing objects in the Gilgamesh epic

The article deals with the nature of the so-called "Oppression of Uruk" in the Gilgamesh versions. The interpretation of the words gišellag and gišeke4/kè-ma in the Sumerian versions and their equivalents, the pukku and mekkû in the Akkadian versions form the focus of this discussion. Alth...

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Main Author: Vermaak, P. S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
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Published: 2011
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2011, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-138
Further subjects:B University of South Africa
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)