The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform

The Epic of Gilgamish by Stephen Langdon University of Pennsylvania The University Museum Publications of the Babylonian Section Vol. X No. 3 INTRODUCTION In the year 1914 the University Museum secured by purchase a large six column tablet nearly complete, carrying originally, according to the scribal note, 240 lines of text. The contents supply the South Babylonian version of the second book of the epic _sa nagba imuru_, "He who has seen all things," commonly referred to as the Epic of Gilgamish. The tablet is said to have been found at Senkere, ancient Larsa near Warka, modern Arabic name for and vulgar descendant of the ancient name Uruk, the Biblical Erech mentioned in Genesis X. 10. Thi…

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