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An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic — Morris Jastrow

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic

Morris Jastrow

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 117 pages

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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. Yale Oriental Series. Researches, Volume IV, 3.
  2. An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic
  3. On the Basis of Recently Discovered Texts

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