Gilgamesh sung in ancient Sumerian and the Ancient

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The cuneus = wedge

Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara Babylonian deed of sale. ca. 1750 BCE. Tablet of Sargon of , Assyrian Tablet with love poem, Sumerian, 2037-2029 BCE 19th-18th centuries BCE *Gilgamesh was an historic figure, King of , in Sumeria, ca. 2800/2700 BCE (?), and great builder of temples and cies.

*Stories about Gilgamesh, oral poems, were eventually wri down.

*The Babylonian compiled from 73 tablets in various languages.

*Tablets discovered in the mid-19th century and connue to be translated.

Hero overpowering a lion, from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), , ca. 721–705 BCE

The Flood Tablet, 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Library of Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BCE, The Brish Museum American Dad Gilgamesh and flank the fleeing , Neo-Assyrian ca. 8th century BCE, 2.8cm x 1.3cm, The Brish Museum DOUBLING/TWINS BROMANCE *Role of divinity in everyday life.

*Relaonship between divine and ruler.

*Ruler’s asseron of dominance and quest for ‘’.

Statuees of two worshipers from Abu Temple at (modern Asmar), Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone, male figure 2’ 6” high. , . URUK (WARKA) Remains of the White Temple on its . Uruk (Warka), Iraq, ca. 3500–3000 BCE. Plan and Reconstrucon drawing of the White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk (Warka), Iraq, ca. 3500–3000 BCE.

Remains of the White Temple on its ziggurat. Uruk (Warka), Iraq, ca. 3500–3000 BCE. Female Head (?), from Uruk (Warka), Iraq. ca. 3200–3000 BCE. Marble, 8” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Presentaon of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase), from Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. , 3’ 1/4” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Presentaon of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase), from Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, ca. 3200–3000 BCE. Alabaster, 3’ 1/4” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Statues from the Abu Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq. ca. 2700–2500 BC. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone, male figure 2’ 6” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Victory of Naram-, from , , 2254–2218 BCE. Pink sandstone, 6’ 7” high. , . Seated statue of holding temple plan, from (modern Telloh), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. , 2’ 5” high. Louvre, Paris. Stele with code of , from Susa, Iran, ca. 1760 BCE. Diorite, 7’ 4” high. Louvre, Paris. Stele with law , from Susa, Iran, ca. 1760 BCE. Diorite, 7’ 4” high. Louvre, Paris. ì Reconstrucon drawing of the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, ca. 721–705 BCE (aer Charles Altman). Gate of the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad), Iraq (photo taken during excavaon). 742–706 BCE. Limestone, approx. 13’ 10” high. Fugives Crossing River, from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Kahlu (Nimrud), Iraq. ca. 883–859 BCE. Gypsum, 2’ 10 5/8” high. Brish Museum, London. Lion Hunt relief, from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, (Kuyunjik), Iraq, ca. 645 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high. Brish Museum, London.

Her ırmağın bir tanrısı her şairin bir ırmağı var.

Gel de yol göster... Vergilius olmasa Akherion ırmağını aşamazdı Dante. olmasa Aineas'a varamazdı Vergilius. Irmağın gizini Homeros'tan öğrenmişler. Rivayet, onun ataları Nil'de, onun da ataları Mezopotamya'da... Söyle ne zaman yaşadılar? Yoksa ışıkta gizli bir düş mü zaman? Yüzdüğü suda hem haya hem ölümü önce kim görmüştü? Bu yüzden mi Irmak-arasında kaldılar? Gılgameş ölümsüzlük- otunu aramaya çıkmasa on iki işi başaramazdı Herakles. Ama sözden önce ne vardı? Kim kimin sure? Adonis, As?.. Hangisi İsis'in sevgilisi? Öldüler! Ölümsüzlüğe öldüler...

(Mehmet Yaşın, "Dipmektuplar: Adressiz Mektup", in Işık-Merdiven, 1986)

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