Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

Alhena Gadotti

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

Alhena Gadotti

Volume 10 in the series Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614515456

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About this book

Alhena Gadotti offers a much needed new edition of the Sumerian composition Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, last published by Aaron Shaffer in his 1963 doctoral dissertation. Since then, several new manuscripts have come to light, prompting not only a new edition of the text, but also a re-examination of the composition. In this book, Gadotti argues that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld was the first, not the last of the Sumerian stories about Gilgamesh. She also suggests that a Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle, currently only attested in old Babylonian manuscripts (ca. 18th century BCE), was in fact developed during the Ur III period (ca. 2100-2000 BCE). Providing a new way to look at the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories, this book is relevant not only to scholars of the ancient Near East, but also to anyone interested in epic and epic cycle.

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Alhena Gadotti, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
On transliteration and conventions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Chapter I. “Gilgameš enkidu and the netherworld”: An overview Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter II. The prologue of “gilgameš, enkidu and the netherworld” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter III. The ḫalub-tree Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter IV. Narrative and poetic structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter V. Enkidu redivivus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter VI. The sumerian gilgameš cycle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter VII. Enkidu’s return and the catalogue of ghosts: Gen ll. 255–end Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter VIII. The manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
The edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Translation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Eclectic text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Textual matrix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Commentary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Indexes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in Ancient Near Eastern literature, as well as ancient epic and epic cycle in general.
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 430
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 213
Keywords: Gilgamesh; Sumerian literature; Mesopotamian literature; Ancient Near Eastern epic

eBook

Published: August 8, 2014
ISBN: 9781614515456

Hardcover

Published: June 16, 2014
ISBN: 9781614517085