Epic of Gilgamesh

Introduction to the Text


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A brief introduction to the Epic: its origin and significance to our lives.
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Image is of the famed eleventh tablet
of the Epic of Gilgamesh,
in which the tale of the Flood is related.
Now housed in the British Museum,
it was found in the pillaged remains
of the royal library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)
in his palace at Nineveh.
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