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The Epic of Gilgamesh

by Andrew George · Andrew George (trans.)

Andrew George's Penguin translation presents the Standard Babylonian epic alongside the older Sumerian and Old Babylonian Gilgamesh poems. His introduction explains how the text was reconstructed from broken tablets. It is regarded as the most accurate accessible English version.

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