Publication Date
2004
Publication Place
Barcelona -
Random House Mondadori, c2004.
Subject
Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian, Gilgamesh (Legendary character)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
233
Physical Dimensions
24 cm
Library
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Record ID
3100001~!88186~!3486
Library Location
HS-SS Stacks
Date
2004
Notes
This work is a partial translation of the 1999 work: The epic of Gilgamesh : the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian, translated and with an introduction by Andrew George (published: New York : Barnes & Noble). This work provides a complete translation of the Introduction, and Chapter 1 (The Standard version of the Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: 'He who saw the deep') of George's work, but provides only translations of George's introductions/synopses of the Akkadian and Sumerian texts that accompanied the translated texts in Chapters 2-5 of the 1999 English edition. A translation of the Glossary of proper nouns from George's work is also included, and a work entitled: La búsqueda de la inmortalidad, by Jordi Balló and Xavier Pérez is added., Includes bibliographical references.. This work is a partial translation of the 1999 work: The epic of Gilgamesh : the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian, translated and with an introduction by Andrew George (published: New York : Barnes & Noble). This work provides a complete translation of the Introduction, and Chapter 1 (The Standard version of the Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: 'He who saw the deep') of George's work, but provides only translations of George's introductions/synopses of the Akkadian and Sumerian texts that accompanied the translated texts in Chapters 2-5 of the 1999 English edition. A translation of the Glossary of proper nouns from George's work is also included, and a work entitled: La búsqueda de la inmortalidad, by Jordi Balló and Xavier Pérez is added., Includes bibliographical references.. 88186. 233 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
