Early Versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh: A Tablet from the Schøyen Collection

Nurullin Rim M.

The paper offers an edition of an Old Babylonian Gilgamesh tablet from the Schøyen Collection (OB Schøyen2 in the edition by A.R. George). The text has been extensively commented upon. New interpretations are proposed for ll. 30, 37, 40, 46, 55.

Keywords: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Akkadian language, Old Babylonian period
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