Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction1: The literary history of the epic of Gilgamesh
2: The name of Gilgamesh and its history
3: Literary, historical, and religious traditions about Gilgamesh
4: Enkidu and others
Part Two: The older versions of the epic5: Old Babylonian Tablets and fragments
6: Middle Babylonian tablets and fragments
7: Assyrian fragments of one or more intermediate recensions
Part Three: The Standard Babylonian Epic8: The manuscripts of the standard Babylonian epic
9: Introduction to the text of the standard Babylonian epic
10: Synopsis and exegesis of the standard Babylonian epic
11: Edition of the standard Babylonian epic
12: Bilgames and the netherworld 172-end
13: Critical and philological notes on the standard Babylonian epic
Bibliography
Index of cuneiform tablets and other objects
Cuneiform texts
Plates

About the Author

A. R. George is Professor of Babylonian at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Reviews

... monumental ... splendid book ... expect to see a revival of Gilgamesh studies in the next few years, renewed and invigorated by George's magnificent study. Bryn Mawr Classical Review ... exhaustive ... comprehensive ... George is an excellent cuneiformist and his edition is as complete as anyone might hope ... a great achievement. The Times Higher Education Supplement George will be thanked by Assyriologists for the labour of producing such a comprehensive edition of all known pieces of text, great and small. The Times Higher Education Supplement