TY - BOOK AU - George,Andrew TI - The epic of Gilgamesh: the Babylonian epic poem and other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian SN - 9780140449198 (pbk.) : AV - PJ3771.G5 E5 2003 U1 - 899.951 21 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - Epic poetry, Akkadian KW - Translations into English KW - Epic poetry, Sumerian KW - Literature KW - ukslc N1 - This translation originally published: London: Allen Lane, 1999; Includes bibliographical references N2 - In recent times clay fragments of cuneiform Akkadian script have been recovered in modern Iraq. Many relate to the Epic of Gilgamesh, the story of a man who travelled into space long ago. This new translation is based upon these recent findings ER -