TY - BOOK AU - George,A.R. TI - The epic of Gilgamesh: the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian T2 - Penguin classics SN - 9780140449198 (pbk.) U1 - 892.1 22 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian KW - Translations into English KW - BUEsh KW - Epic poetry, Sumerian KW - July2015 KW - February2016 KW - GGEN KW - Reading book N1 - Includes appendix; Includes glossary; Includes bibliographical references N2 - Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George ER -