TY - BOOK AU - Gadotti,Alhena TI - Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle T2 - Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie : Ergänzungsbände zur Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie , SN - 9781614517085 AV - PJ3771.G6 U1 - 492.17 22 PY - 2014///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian KW - History and criticism KW - Epic poetry, Sumerian KW - Ancient Near Eastern epic KW - Gilgamesh KW - Mesopotamian literature KW - Sumerian literature KW - HISTORY / Ancient / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614515456 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781614515456 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781614515456/original ER -