The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic

George will be thanked by Assyriologists for the labour of producing such a comprehensive edition of all known pieces of text, great and small.

Autorentext
A. R. George is Professor of Babylonian at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Klappentext
The Babylonian Gilgamesh epic is the oldest long poem in the world, with a history going back four thousand years. It tells the fascinating and moving story of Gilgamesh's heroic deeds and lonely quest for immortality. This book collects for the first time all the known sources in the original cuneiform, including many fragments never published before. The author's personal study of every available fragment has produced a definitive edition and translation, complete with comprehensive introductory chapters that place the poem and its hero in context.

Zusammenfassung
The Babylonian Gilgamesh epic is the acknowledged masterpiece of ancient Mesopotamian literature. Nevertheless it has to be re-edited periodically to take account of the enormous increase in primary sources that occurs every generation. Since the last critical edition of the epic seventy years ago the known fragments of the epic have almost doubled. This book collects all the extant texts in one place again, including twenty-three fragments published for the first time. The author has studied personally every available fragment to produce a definitive edition and translation. Four introductory chapters place the epic in its context and examine the name, person and traditions of Gilgamesh and other characters in the poem. The plates present the cuneiform text of all the extant fragments of the epic. The result is a publication which is a standard academic resource.

Inhalt
1. THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH; 2. The name of Gilgamesh and its history; 3. Literary, historical, and religious traditions about Gilgamesh; 4. Enkidu and others; 5. OLD BABYLONIAN TABLETS AND FRAGMENTS; 6. Middle Babylonian tablets and fragments; 7. Assyrian fragments of one or more intermediate recensions; 8. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE STANDARD BABYLONIAN EPIC; 9. Introduction to the text of the standard Babylonian epic; 10. Synopsis and exegesis of the standard Babylonian epic; 11. Edition of the standard Babylonian epic; 12. Bilgames and the netherworld 172-end; 13. Critical and philological notes on the standard Babylonian epic; Bibliography; Index of cuneiform tablets and other objects; Cuneiform texts; Plates

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