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This book contains an edition of an important Sumerian literary work, the 'Death of Gilgamesh' (am gal-e ba-nú), which was last published by the late S.N. Kramer, in 1944. An Iraqui excavation uncovered important new fragments in Meturan-Tall Haddad. These are published here for the first time. The Nippur fragments are published anew (introduction, commentary and French translation, with a chapter on Sumerian funerary texts and index).

Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian --- Inscriptions cunéiformes sumériennes --- Gilgamesh --- Gilgamesj. --- Mort. --- Bestattung. --- Keilschrifttext. --- Tod. --- Gilgamesch. --- Gilgamesh. --- Altbabylonisch. --- Mēturan. --- Sumerer. --- Death. --- Sumerian language --- Sumérien (Langue) --- Death --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- Philosophy

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The Akkadian Gilgamesh Epic, perhaps the most famous of Mesopotamian literature, has been considered the artistry of one author inspired by Sumerian tales. Specialists have assumed that all the earliest evidence (ca. 1800-1700 BCE) reflects this creative unity. Deep contrasts in characterization and narrative logic, however, distinguish the central adventure to defeat the monster Huwawa from what precedes and follows it. The Huwawa narrative stands on its own, so that the epic must have been composed from this prior Akkadian composition. Recognition of the tale embedded in the epic allows each block of material to be understood on its own terms. Such literary-historical investigation from contemporary texts is new to Assyriology and may produce important results when applied to other Mesopotamian writing. 'The book is well written and tightly argued...This makes it a first point of reference for anyone interested in the OB evidence for the Gilgamesh Epic.' Scott C. Jones, Covenant College

Assyriology --- Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Gilgamesh. --- History and criticism --- History --- Gilgamesh --- Assyro-Babylonian epic poetry --- Assyro-Babylonian poetry --- Assyro-Babylonian studies --- Epic of Gilgamesh --- Ghilgameš --- Gilgamesch --- Gilgamesz --- Gilgāmish --- Guilgamesh --- Ishtar and Izdubar --- Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian epic) --- Izdubar --- Jiljāmish --- Kilkāmish --- Sha naqba imura

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The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians around 2500 BCE, and his tale as we know it today was codified in cuneiform tablets around 1750 BCE and continued to influence ancient cultures-whether in specific incidents like a world-consuming flood or in its quest structure-into Roman times. The epic was, however, largely forgotten, until the cuneiform tablets were rediscovered in 1872 in the British Museum's collection of recently unearthed Mesopotamian artifacts. In the decades that followed its translation into modern languages, the Epic of Gilgamesh has become a point of reference throughout Western culture.In Gilgamesh among Us, Theodore Ziolkowski explores the surprising legacy of the poem and its hero, as well as the epic's continuing influence in modern letters and arts. This influence extends from Carl Gustav Jung and Rainer Maria Rilke's early embrace of the epic's significance-"Gilgamesh is tremendous!" Rilke wrote to his publisher's wife after reading it-to its appropriation since World War II in contexts as disparate as operas and paintings, the poetry of Charles Olson and Louis Zukofsky, novels by John Gardner and Philip Roth, and episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Xena: Warrior Princess.Ziolkowski sees fascination with Gilgamesh as a reflection of eternal spiritual values-love, friendship, courage, and the fear and acceptance of death. Noted writers, musicians, and artists from Sweden to Spain, from the United States to Australia, have adapted the story in ways that meet the social and artistic trends of the times. The spirit of this capacious hero has absorbed the losses felt in the immediate postwar period and been infused with the excitement and optimism of movements for gay rights, feminism, and environmental consciousness. Gilgamesh is at once a seismograph of shifts in Western history and culture and a testament to the verities and values of the ancient epic.

Assyro-Babylonian literature. --- Ancient History & Classical Studies. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Akkadian literature --- Babylonian literature --- Gilgamesh --- Gilgamesh. --- Epic of Gilgamesh --- Ghilgameš --- Gilgamesch --- Gilgamesz --- Gilgāmish --- Guilgamesh --- Ishtar and Izdubar --- Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian epic) --- Izdubar --- Jiljāmish --- Kilkāmish --- Sha naqba imura --- Influence. --- Adaptations.

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Details the discovery of The epic of Gilgamesh, and explores the broader tensions concerning history and time that it highlighted in Victorian culture

Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian --- Assyro-Babylonian epic poetry --- Assyro-Babylonian poetry --- History and criticism. --- Smith, George, --- Gilgamesh. --- Epic of Gilgamesh --- Ghilgameš --- Gilgamesch --- Gilgamesz --- Gilgāmish --- Guilgamesh --- Ishtar and Izdubar --- Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian epic) --- Izdubar --- Jiljāmish --- Kilkāmish --- Sha naqba imura --- Literature and society --- Literature --- Social & Cultural History --- HISTORY / Social History --- Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 --- History --- Assyro-Babylonian literature --- George Smith. --- Victorian geology. --- narrative. --- sublime. --- time.

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Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian --- Poésie épique assyro-babylonienne --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Gilgamesh. --- History and criticism --- Gilgamesh --- 892.11 --- -Assyro-Babylonian epic poetry --- Assyro-Babylonian poetry --- Babylonische literatuur --- -Babylonische literatuur --- 892.11 Babylonische literatuur --- -892.11 Babylonische literatuur --- Assyro-Babylonian epic poetry --- Poésie épique assyro-babylonienne --- Epic of Gilgamesh --- Ghilgameš --- Gilgamesch --- Gilgamesz --- Gilgāmish --- Guilgamesh --- Ishtar and Izdubar --- Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian epic) --- Izdubar --- Jiljāmish --- Kilkāmish --- Sha naqba imura --- Epic poetry [Assyro-Babylonian ] --- Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian - History and criticism