Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle /
Gadotti, Alhena
Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle / Alhena Gadotti. - 1 online resource (430 p.) - Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie : Ergänzungsbände zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie , 10 0502-7012 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- On transliteration and conventions -- Chapter I. “Gilgameš enkidu and the netherworld”: An overview -- Chapter II. The prologue of “gilgameš, enkidu and the netherworld” -- Chapter III. The ḫalub-tree -- Chapter IV. Narrative and poetic structure -- Chapter V. Enkidu redivivus -- Chapter VI. The sumerian gilgameš cycle -- Chapter VII. Enkidu’s return and the catalogue of ghosts: Gen ll. 255–end -- Chapter VIII. The manuscripts -- The edition -- Translation -- Eclectic text -- Textual matrix -- Commentary -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Plates
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781614517085 9781614518549 9781614515456
10.1515/9781614515456 doi
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian--History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Sumerian--History and criticism.
Ancient Near Eastern epic.
Gilgamesh.
Mesopotamian literature.
Sumerian literature.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Ancient Near Eastern epic. Gilgamesh. Mesopotamian literature. Sumerian literature.
PJ3771.G6
492.17
Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle / Alhena Gadotti. - 1 online resource (430 p.) - Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie : Ergänzungsbände zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie , 10 0502-7012 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- On transliteration and conventions -- Chapter I. “Gilgameš enkidu and the netherworld”: An overview -- Chapter II. The prologue of “gilgameš, enkidu and the netherworld” -- Chapter III. The ḫalub-tree -- Chapter IV. Narrative and poetic structure -- Chapter V. Enkidu redivivus -- Chapter VI. The sumerian gilgameš cycle -- Chapter VII. Enkidu’s return and the catalogue of ghosts: Gen ll. 255–end -- Chapter VIII. The manuscripts -- The edition -- Translation -- Eclectic text -- Textual matrix -- Commentary -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Plates
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781614517085 9781614518549 9781614515456
10.1515/9781614515456 doi
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian--History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Sumerian--History and criticism.
Ancient Near Eastern epic.
Gilgamesh.
Mesopotamian literature.
Sumerian literature.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Ancient Near Eastern epic. Gilgamesh. Mesopotamian literature. Sumerian literature.
PJ3771.G6
492.17