The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
gptkb:Ancient_literature
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:film
gptkb:opera
gptkb:theatre
Modern literature
gptkbp:author gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:contains Flood narrative
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Oldest surviving great work of literature
gptkbp:date circa 2100 BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
gptkbp:discoverySite gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:firstTranslation 1872
gptkbp:firstTranslator gptkb:George_Smith
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Greek_mythology
Biblical flood story
World literature
Later epic poetry
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sumerian_poetry
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Gilgamesh
gptkb:Enkidu
gptkb:Utnapishtim
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Anu
gptkb:Ea
gptkb:Enlil
gptkb:Ishtar
gptkb:Shamash
gptkbp:notableEpisode Death of Enkidu
Killing of the Bull of Heaven
Slaying of Humbaba
Search for immortality
Loss of the plant of immortality
Meeting Utnapishtim
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:script Cuneiform
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Uruk
gptkbp:subjectOf Translations
Adaptations
Scholarly research
gptkbp:tabletCount 12
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Human_condition
gptkb:Friendship
Mortality
Quest for immortality
gptkbp:writtenBy Clay tablets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Penguin_Epics
gptkb:UNESCO_Collection_of_Representative_Works
gptkb:The_Norton_Anthology_of_World_Literature
gptkb:Bohuslav_Martinů
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Epic of Gilgamesh