Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2100 BC), it is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about ''Bilgamesh'' - Sumerian for ''Gilgamesh'', king of Uruk. These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic...