TY - BOOK ID - 3306718 TI - The buried foundation of the Gilgamesh epic AU - Fleming, Daniel E AU - Milstein, Sara J PY - 2010 VL - 39 SN - 9789004178489 9004178481 9786612950674 9047440838 1282950673 9789047440833 9781282950672 6612950676 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Assyriology KW - Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian KW - History. KW - History and criticism. KW - Gilgamesh. KW - History and criticism KW - History KW - Gilgamesh KW - Assyro-Babylonian epic poetry KW - Assyro-Babylonian poetry KW - Assyro-Babylonian studies KW - Epic of Gilgamesh KW - Ghilgameš KW - Gilgamesch KW - Gilgamesz KW - Gilgāmish KW - Guilgamesh KW - Ishtar and Izdubar KW - Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian epic) KW - Izdubar KW - Jiljāmish KW - Kilkāmish KW - Sha naqba imura UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3306718 AB - 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 ER -