The buried foundation of the Gilgamesh epic : the Akkadian Huwawa narrative /

The Akkadian Gilgamesh Epic, perhaps the most famous of Mesopotamian literature, has been considered the artistry of one author inspired by Sumerian tales. Specialists have assumed that all the earliest evidence (ca. 1800-1700 BCE) reflects this creative unity. Deep contrasts in characterization and...

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Main Author: Fleming, Daniel E.

Other Authors: Milstein, Sara J. 1978-

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Cuneiform Monographs 39.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222731.

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Chapter One. Introduction /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Chapter Two. Enkidu's First Steppe: Competing Portraits Of Enkidu In Yale And Penn /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Chapter Three. Defining The Bounds Of The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Chapter Four. From Sumerian To Akkadian: Major Innovations In The Akkadian Huwawa Tale /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Chapter Five. Behind Penn: Old Babylonian Introductions To The Huwawa Narrative And To The Epic /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Chapter Six. Conclusion /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Bibliography /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Translations: The Early Second-Millennium Evidence /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Subjects /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Akkadian And Sumerian Words /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Author Index /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Citations From The Translated Gilgamesh Texts /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein --   |t Plates /  |r D. E. Fleming and S. J. Milstein. 
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