Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king Gilgamesh, which were gathered into a longer Akkadian poem much later; the most complete version existing today is preserved on 12 clay tablets in the library collection of the 7th century BCE Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. It was originally titled He who Saw the Deep (Sha naqba īmuru) or Surpassing All Other Kings (Shūtur eli sharrī). Gilgamesh might have been a real ruler in the late Early Dynastic II period (ca. 27th century BCE).
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- List of artifacts significant to the Bible
- Sumerian literature
- Babylonian literature
- Atra-Hasis
- Ziusudra
- Sumerian creation myth
- Deluge (mythology)
- Gilgamesh flood myth
- Girugamesh
- Panbabylonism
- The Tower of Druaga
- Book of Giants
- Cattle in religion
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