A scholarly edition and study of the Old Babylonian version of the Gilgamesh epic, based on recently discovered tablets and published in 1920. It offers transliteration, translation, introduction, and commentary on these ancient Mesopotamian texts. For those interested in Assyriology and the early development of the Gilgamesh tradition, it is a valuable resource.
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Yale Oriental Series
Researches
Volume IV
Part III
Published from the fund given to the university in memory of Mary Stevens
Hammond
The Yale Tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic
The Yale Tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic
Yale Oriental Series. Researches,
Volume IV, 3.
An Old Babylonian Version of the
Gilgamesh Epic On the Basis of Recently Discovered Texts By Morris Jastrow Jr., Ph.D., LL.D. Professor of Semitic Languages, University of Pennsylvania And Albert T. Clay, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature, Yale University Copyright, 1920, by Yale University Press In Memory of William Max Müller (1863–1919) Whose life was devoted to Egyptological research which he greatly enriched by many contributions
Prefatory Note
The Introduction, the Commentary to the two tablets, and the Appendix, are by Professor Jastrow, and for these he assumes the sole responsibility. The text of the Yale tablet is by Professor Clay. The transliteration and the translation of the two tablets represent the joint work of the two authors. In the transliteration of the two tablets, C. E. Keiser’s “System of Accentuation for Sumero-Akkadian signs” (Yale Oriental Researches—VOL. IX,
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