[DOC] [TLE] Library of Ashurbanipal - Wikipedia [PAR] The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after Ashurbanipal, the last great king 
of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, is a collection of thousands of clay tablets and 
fragments containing texts of all kinds from the 7th century BC. Among its 
holdings was the famous Epic of Gilgamesh. ... He hired scholars and scribes to 
copy texts, mainly from Babylonian sources. [DOC] [TLE] Ashurbanipal - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 2, 2009 ... Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE, also known as Assurbanipal) was the ... He 
achieved the greatest territorial expansion of the Assyrian Empire which included 
... Ashurbanipal was a popular king who ruled his citizens fairly but ... his vast 
library at Nineveh, which he himself considered his greatest achievement. [DOC] [TLE] Welcome to the Library of King Ashurbanipal Web Page [PAR] It was buried by invaders centuries before the famous library at Alexandria was ... 
The ancient Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh" and a nearly complete list of ancient 
Near ... writings were preserved in Ashurbanipal's palace library at Nineveh. [DOC] [TLE] Epic of Gilgamesh - Other Ancient Civilizations - Classical Literature [PAR] (Epic poem, anonymous, Sumerian/Mesopotamian/Akkadian, c. ... with strength, 
courage and beauty, and the strongest and greatest king who ever existed. ... At 
the request of a trapper, Gilgamesh sends a temple prostitute, Shamhat, .... in 
1849 in the library of the 7th Century BCE Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal, in 
Nineveh,... [DOC] [TLE] The Epic of Gilgamesh - Arkansas State University [PAR] The Sumerian King List, which names most of the Sumerian kings together ... in 
the ruins of the library of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria 669-633 B.C., at Nineveh. 
... is the greatest king on earth and the strongest super-human that ever existed;... [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: The Epic of Gilgamesh: Context [PAR] Also explains the historical and literary context that influenced The Epic of ... the 
earliest ones, inscribed on clay tablets in the Sumerian language before 2000 b.c
. ... in Nineveh, in the ruins of the library of Assurbanipal, the last great king of the 
... of Gilgamesh vary widely in terms of details included and their interpretation,... [DOC] [TLE] The Epic of GILGAMESH: Mesopotamian culture, history and art at ... [PAR] The Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the deeds of a famous hero-king of ancient ... 
most found in the palace and temple libraries at Nineveh ("King Ashurbanipal's 
library") in .... There existed a number of independent, short heroic tales in the 
Sumerian ... They exist in later copies made for scribal practice and libraries 
during the... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform | Ancient Near East | The Middle East | The British ... [PAR] The first written language in Mesopotamia is called Sumerian. Most of ... Letters 
enclosed in clay envelopes, as well as works of literature, such as the Epic of ... 
The centerpiece of the collection is the Library of Ashurbanipal, comprising many 
... The Flood Tablet, relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, from Nineveh, 
northern... [DOC] [TLE] Ashurbanipal - The last great Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal ... - Pinterest [PAR] These included the stories of Gilgamesh, the Code of Hammurabi, and more. ... 
Epic of Gilgamesh Text | the ancient sumerian epic of gilgamesh was writen ... 
650 BC underground library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh, Iraq in the late 19th 
century. ..... The most famous cuneiform tablet from Mesopotamia The Flood 
Tablet,... [DOC] [TLE] Ashurbanipal - The last great Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal ... - Pinterest [PAR] These included the stories of Gilgamesh, the Code of Hammurabi, and more. ... 
last great Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal, constructed a great library at the city of 
Nineveh. .... Epic of Gilgamesh Text | the ancient sumerian epic of gilgamesh was 
writen ..... From Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC, most 
famous... [DOC] [TLE] The Epic Of Gilgamesh - cloudfront.net [PAR] Akkadian, but its literary origins lie in five Sumerian poems of even greater .... 12 
Detail of wall relief from the North Palace at Nineveh, seventh .....

Question: Ashurbanipal's library in Nineveh included a copy of the famous epic of this Sumerian king
Answer: Gilgamesh