Epic of Gilgamesh

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
Ancient literature
gptkbp:author gptkb:Sin-leqi-unninni
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Dialogue_with_Siduri
gptkb:Journey_to_the_Cedar_Forest
Flood narrative
Meeting with Utnapishtim
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Oldest surviving great work of literature
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 2100 BCE
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:firstTranslation 1872
gptkbp:firstTranslator gptkb:George_Smith
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
mythology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epic of Gilgamesh
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:The_Iliad
gptkb:The_Odyssey
Biblical flood narrative
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Gilgamesh
gptkb:Enkidu
gptkb:Utnapishtim
gptkbp:notableEvent Death of Enkidu
Killing of the Bull of Heaven
Quest for the plant of immortality
Slaying of Humbaba
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Museum
Clay tablets
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Enuma_Elish
gptkb:Sumerian_King_List
gptkb:Atra-Hasis
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Uruk
gptkbp:subjectOf Films
Academic study
Graphic novels
Modern adaptations
Theatrical performances
Translations
gptkbp:tabletCount 12
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Friendship
Mortality
Quest for immortality
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
Many modern languages
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2015
gptkbp:writtenBy Cuneiform script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:cuneiform_tablets
gptkb:Ancient_Near_East
gptkb:Tigris_River
gptkb:Ancient_Near_Eastern_religions
gptkb:Flood_myth
gptkb:Sumerian_culture
gptkb:Babylonia
gptkb:Babylonians
gptkb:Egyptian
gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkb:Sumerians
gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkb:ancient_Babylon
gptkb:Great_Cataclysm
gptkb:ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkb:Sanskrit_literature
gptkb:Assyrian_religion
gptkb:Anu
gptkb:Enlil
gptkb:Ishtar
gptkb:Nippur
gptkb:Sumer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5