The epic of Gilgamish : a new translation from a collation of the cuneiform tablets in the British Museum rendered literally into English hexameters

By:

Thompson, R. Campbell

Material type: Text

TextLondon Luzac & Co 1928Description: 60p.; notesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Gilgamesh

Abstract: 'In the seventh century edition, which forms the main base of our knowledge of the poem, it was divided into twelve tablets, each containing about three hundred lines in metre. Its subject was the Legend of Gilgamish, a composite story made up probably of different myths which had grown up at various times round the hero's name....'

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Books	Zeller Library	M.Gil (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		B04049

'In the seventh century edition, which forms the main base of our knowledge of the poem, it was divided into twelve tablets, each containing about three hundred lines in metre. Its subject was the Legend of Gilgamish, a composite story made up probably of different myths which had grown up at various times round the hero's name....'

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The epic of Gilgamish : a new translation from a collation of the cuneiform tablets in the British Museum rendered literally into English hexameters

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