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The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and Epic of Gilgamesh

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and Epic of Gilgamesh

By: E.a. wallis budge
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 The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish: With an Account of the Royal Libraries of Nineveh

A short monograph devoted to the Babylonian flood myth and the Epic of Gilgamesh (Standard Babylonian version), dating from the 7th century BC, as found on the clay tablets of the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal at the ancient site of Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The book includes a description of the library and an account of its discovery. The narratives are conveyed through a combination of verbatim translation and paraphrase. The text contains eighteen illustrations. - Summary by Mentor New YorkCopyright Mentor New York Art Literary History & Criticism World
Episodes
  • The Epic of Gilgamish

    The Epic of Gilgamish
    Jul 16 2023
    40 mins
  • The Babylonian Legend of the Deluge as Told to the Hero Gilgamish by his Ancestor Uta-Napishtim, Who Had Been Made Immortal by the Gods

    The Babylonian Legend of the Deluge as Told to the Hero Gilgamish by his Ancestor Uta-Napishtim, Who Had Been Made Immortal by the Gods
    Jul 16 2023
    19 mins
  • The Legend of the Deluge According to Berosus

    The Legend of the Deluge According to Berosus
    Jul 16 2023
    4 mins
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