Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic poem, among the earliest surviving works of literature, that recounts the heroic adventures and existential quests of King Gilgamesh of Uruk.
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| instanceOf |
ancient Mesopotamian literature
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epic poem → mythological narrative → work of literature → |
| approximateDateOfComposition |
second millennium BCE
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| basedOn |
Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh
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| containsMyth |
flood myth
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| culture |
Mesopotamian
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| currentLocationOfMajorTablets |
British Museum
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| discoveredAt |
Nineveh
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| discoveredIn |
Library of Ashurbanipal
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| earliestVersionDate |
Old Babylonian period
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| featuresEvent |
building of the walls of Uruk
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creation of Enkidu → death of Enkidu → defeat of Humbaba → great flood narrative → journey to Utnapishtim → killing of the Bull of Heaven → loss of the plant of life → |
| genre |
heroic epic
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| hasAdaptation |
films
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graphic novels → modern novels → operas → plays → poetic translations → |
| hasMotive |
fear of death
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search for meaning in life → |
| hasSetting |
Cedar Forest
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Dilmun → Mesopotamia → Uruk → |
| hasTheme |
civilization versus nature
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fame and legacy → friendship → human condition → kingship → mortality → quest for immortality → |
| influenced |
biblical flood narrative traditions
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later Near Eastern literature → modern literature → |
| languageFamily |
Semitic
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| literaryForm |
poetry
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| mainCharacter |
Enkidu
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Gilgamesh → Humbaba → Ishtar → Ninsun → Shamhat → Siduri → Urshanabi → Utnapishtim → |
| originalLanguage |
Akkadian
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| originatesFrom |
Ancient Mesopotamia
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| period |
Bronze Age
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| recognizedAs |
masterpiece of ancient literature
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one of the earliest surviving works of literature → |
| scholarlyField |
Assyriology
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| standardVersionDate |
first millennium BCE
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| standardVersionEditor |
Sin-leqi-unninni
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| structure |
series of tablets
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| studiedIn |
ancient history
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comparative literature → religious studies → |
| title |
Epic of Gilgamesh
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| writingSystem |
cuneiform
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| writtenOn |
clay tablets
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Anu
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Inanna → |
appearsIn |
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Mesopotamia
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Sumer → |
producedWork |
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Uruk
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associatedWith |
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Babylonian polytheism
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centralMyth |
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Uruk
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mentionedIn |
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Akkadian
("Epic of Gilgamesh (Akkadian version)")
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notableText |
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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title |