"Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld" and the Sumerian Gilgamesh cycle
By: Alhena Gadotti
Series: Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie -- Band 10
Publisher: De Gruyter; Walter de Gruyter Inc.; de Gruyter
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston; Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9781614517085; 9781614515456
Subjects: Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian; History and criticism; Sumerian Epic poetry; Gilgamesh
Notes: Plates run from page 359-430.

Revised version of doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of Near Eastern Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Sept. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On transliteration and coventions; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The prologue of "Gilgames̆, Enkidu and the Netherworld"; title: 3. The halub-tree; title: 4. Narrative and poetic structure; title: 5. Enkidu Redivivus; title: 6. The Sumerian Gilgames̆ cycle; title: 7. Enkidu's return and the catalogue of ghosts : GEN ll. 255-end; title: 8. The manuscripts; title: The edition; title: Translation; title: Eclectic text; title: Textual matrix; title: Commentary; title: Appendix.