The epic of Gilgamesh
Subtitle: the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian
By: translated and with an introduction by Andrew George.
Contributors: George, A. R.
Publisher: Penguin Books; Penguin Classics
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780140449198
Subjects: Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian -- Translations into English; Epic poetry, Sumerian -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-228).
Previously published: New York : Barnes & Noble, 1999.