Epic Gilgamesh by Anonymous (139 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Kapheim, Thom (illustrator). 2nd Edition. NF. Numbered 2002 7th Printing of the 1992 B-C stated 2nd Edition, translated into a verse rendition by Danny P. Jackson, with introduction by Robert D. Briggs and illustrations by Thom Kapheim. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound and free of markings, blemishes and creasing along gutter, hinges or spine. Mild curling open of front panel the only visible flaw, Cover is clean and bright, with sharp corners and joints, straight head, tail, spine, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0865163529. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Excerpt: .just as in the Babylonian tale the woman who guides Enkidu is h?arimtu, woman. 109 And he drank and became drunk (Genesis 9, 21). 110 His heart became glad and his face shone (Pennsylvania Tablet, lines 100 101). 111 That in the combination of this Enkidu with tales of primitive man, inconsistent features should have been introduced, such as the union of Enkidu with the woman as the beginning of a higher life, whereas the presence of a hunter and his father shows that human society was already in existence, is characteristic of folk-tales, which are indifferent to details that may be contradictory to the general setting of the story. 112 Pennsylvania tablet, lines 102 104. 113 Line 105. 114 Tablet I, 1, 9. See also the reference to the wall of Erech as an old construction of Gilgamesh, in the inscription of An-Am in the days of Sin-gamil (Hilprecht, Old Babylonian Inscriptions, I, No. 26. ) Cf IV R 52, 3, 53. 115 The invariable designation in the Assyrian version as against Uruk ribītim, Erech of the plazas, in the old Babylonian version. 116 In Ungnad-Gressmann, Das Gilgamesch-Epos, p. 123 seq. 117 See Jensen, p. 266. Gilgamesh is addressed as judge, as the one who inspects the divisions of the earth, precisely as Shamash is celebrated. In line 8 of the hymn in question, Gilgamesh is in fact addressed as Shamash. 118 The darkness is emphasized with each advance in the hero's wanderings (Tablet IX, col. 5). 119 This tale is again a nature myth, marking the change from the dry to the rainy season. The Deluge is an annual occurrence in the Euphrates Valley through the overflow 50n of the two rivers. Only the canal system, directing the overflow into the fields, changed the curse into a blessing. In contrast to the Deluge, we have in the Assyrian creation story the drying up of the primeval waters so that the earth makes its. 44 pp. Englisch.