| LC control no. | n 80080430 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Uniform title heading | Gilgamesh |
| Variant(s) | Epic of Gilgamesh Ghilgameš Gilgamesch Gilgamesz Gilgāmish Guilgamesh Ishtar and Izdubar Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian epic) Izdubar Jiljāmish Kilkāmish Sha naqba imura |
| Form of work | epic poem |
| Beginning date | -20 |
| Special note | AACR2 record represents the work and its first, Sumerian, expression. |
| Found in | Its Arabic & Akkadian. Malḥamat Gilgāmish, 1984: t.p. (Gilgāmish) Its El cantar del Guilgamesh, 1980: t.p. (Sha naqba imura) p. 8 (Sha naqba imura is the first line in the text of the Gilgamesh and at one time it was known by this title) Aḥmad, S.S. Kilkāmish, 1990: t.p. (Kilkāmish) p. 23 (Jiljāmish) Saporetti, C. Saggi su il Ghilgameš, 2003. The standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, 1997. Brill's new Pauly online, 3 March 2011 (Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh epic; Gilgamesh is mentioned in non-literary sources as early as 2700 BC, but the written form of the Epic of Gilgamesh was produced in Sumerian during the 21st century BC; an Akkadian version arose in the 19th/18th centuries BC) |
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