TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PREFACE

THE FIRST TABLET: OF THE TYRANNY OF GILGAMISH, AND THE CREATION OF ENKIDU

THE SECOND TABLET: OF THE MEETING OF GILGAMISH AND ENKIDU

THE THIRD TABLET: THE EXPEDITION TO THE FOREST OF CEDARS AGAINST HUMBABA

THE FOURTH TABLET: THE ARRIVAL AT THE GATE OF THE FOREST

THE FIFTH TABLET: OF THE FIGHT WITH HUMBABA

THE SIXTH TABLET: OF THE GODDESS ISHTAR, WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HERO AFTER HIS EXPLOIT AGAINST HUMBABA

THE SEVENTH TABLET: THE DEATH OF ENKIDU

THE EIGHTH TABLET: OF THE MOURNING OF GILGAMISH, AND WHAT CAME OF IT

THE NINTH TABLET: GILGAMISH IN TERROR OF DEATH SEEKS ETERNAL LIFE

THE TENTH TABLET: HOW GILGAMISH REACHED UTA-NAPISHTIM

THE ELEVENTH TABLET: THE FLOOD

THE TWELFTH TABLET: GILGAMISH, IN DESPAIR, ENQUIRES OF THE DEAD