The text of this episode is much damaged in both the Akkadian and the Babylonian series; rather than indicating the frequent gaps and ambiguities, the text is reconstructed from the best sources, including the more ancient Sumerian.

Much is conjectural, and is given some poetic license. The Sumerian, rather than the Akkadian, contains more details, and so the temper of the story reflects its more “archaic” tone.

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Image is a classic Sumerian representation of Gilgamesh wrestling a lion to his death.

Music excerpt is 
“Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis”

from the album, Vaughan Williams: Symphonic Works