This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is among the earliest surviving works of literature, with the earliest versions dating from around the Third Dynasty of Ur in early Sumeria (2150-2000 BC). Preserved...
Thompson's annotations and notes are also present, so that the reader may easily comprehend the story told and make good use of this book as reference.
The author, R. Campbell Thompson, was an Assyriologist associated with the British Museum and this is one of the first essentially complete academic translations of this ancient text.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.