Gilgamesh sung in ancient Sumerian Gilgamesh and the Ancient Near East Dr. Le4cia R. Rodriguez 20.09.2017 ì The Ancient Near East Cuneiform cuneus = wedge Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara Babylonian deed of sale. ca. 1750 BCE. Tablet of Sargon of Akkad, Assyrian Tablet with love poem, Sumerian, 2037-2029 BCE 19th-18th centuries BCE *Gilgamesh was an historic figure, King of Uruk, in Sumeria, ca. 2800/2700 BCE (?), and great builder of temples and ci4es. *Stories about Gilgamesh, oral poems, were eventually wriXen down. *The Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh compiled from 73 tablets in various languages. *Tablets discovered in the mid-19th century and con4nue to be translated. Hero overpowering a lion, relief from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, ca. 721–705 BCE The Flood Tablet, 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Library of Ashurbanipal Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BCE, The Bri4sh Museum American Dad Gilgamesh and Enkidu flank the fleeing Humbaba, cylinder seal Neo-Assyrian ca. 8th century BCE, 2.8cm x 1.3cm, The Bri4sh Museum DOUBLING/TWINS BROMANCE *Role of divinity in everyday life. *Relaonship between divine and ruler. *Ruler’s asser4on of dominance and quest for ‘immortality’. StatuePes of two worshipers from Abu Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone, male figure 2’ 6” high. Iraq Museum, Baghdad. URUK (WARKA) Remains of the White Temple on its ziggurat. Uruk (Warka), Iraq, ca. 3500–3000 BCE. Plan and ReconstrucVon 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 (Inanna?), 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. Alabaster, 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 stele of Naram-Sin, from Susa, Iran, 2254–2218 BCE. Pink sandstone, 6’ 7” high. Louvre, Paris. Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan, from Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. Diorite, 2’ 5” high. Louvre, Paris. Stele with law code of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1760 BCE. Diorite, 7’ 4” high. Louvre, Paris. Stele with law code of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, ca. 1760 BCE. Diorite, 7’ 4” high. Louvre, Paris. ì ReconstrucVon 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. Fugi9ves Crossing River, from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Kahlu (Nimrud), Iraq. ca. 883–859 BCE. Gypsum, 2’ 10 5/8” high. Bri4sh Museum, London. Lion Hunt relief, from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (Kuyunjik), Iraq, ca. 645 BCE. Gypsum, 5’ 4” high. Bri4sh Museum, London. Her ırmağın bir tanrısı her şairin bir ırmağı var. Gel de yol göster... Vergilius olmasa Akherion ırmağını aşamazdı Dante. Odysseus 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 sure4? Adonis, As?.. Hangisi İsis'in sevgilisi? Öldüler! Ölümsüzlüğe öldüler... (Mehmet Yaşın, "Dipmektuplar: Adressiz Mektup", in Işık-Merdiven, 1986) Star Trek .