The Second Tablet. Of The Meeting Of Gilgamish : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], THE SECOND TABLET OF THE MEETING OF GILGAMISH AND ENKIDU. 1"Column II". 2. While Gilgamish (thus) is the vision revealing Enkidu sitteth before the hetaera, and she [displaying 2 her] bosom, 5.Shewing [her beauty (?)], the place of his...
The Third Tablet. The Expedition To The Forest : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], THE THIRD TABLET. THE EXPEDITION TO THE FOREST OF CEDARS AGAINST HUMBABA. ("About a column and a half of the beginning of the Old Babylonian version on the Yale tablet are so broken that almost all the text is lost. Gilgamish...
The Tenth Tablet. How Gilgamish Reached Ut : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 44 THE TENTH TABLET. HOW GILGAMISH REACHED UTA-NAPISHTIM. "Column I". ("Gilgamish meets Siduri"). 1Dwelt Siduri, the maker of wine.... Wine(?) was her trade, her trade was......... Coverd she was with a veil and......... 5.Gilgamish...
The First Tablet. Of The Tyranny Of Gilgamish : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 8p. 9 THE EPIC OF GILGAMISH. THE FIRST TABLET OF THE TYRANNY OF GILGAMISH, AND THE CREATION OF ENKIDU. "Column I". ("The Argument"). 1He who (the heart of) all matters hath proven let him [teach] the nation, [He who all] knowledge...
The Seventh Tablet. The Death Of Enkidu : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], THE SEVENTH TABLET. THE DEATH OF ENKIDU. "Column I". ("Enkidu's dream"). "Why, O my friend, do the great gods (now) take counsel together?" ("The remainder of the Column is lost in the Assyrian, but it can be partially supplied...
Addenda Et Corrigenda : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 7 ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. P. 5 (Preface), "l". 13, after "metre" add "except the twelfth which contains about half that number." --, "l". 15, read "name." --, "l". 36, and pp. 43--49, Siduri should perhaps be better described as "...
The Ninth Tablet. Gilgamish In Terr : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], THE NINTH TABLET. GILGAMISH IN TERROR OF DEATH SEEKS ETERNAL LIFE. "Column I". ("Gilgamish determines to seek Eternal Life"). 6Gilgamish bitterly wept for his comrade, (for) Enkidu, ranging Over the desert: "I, too--shall I not die...
The Eleventh Tablet. The Flood : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], THE ELEVENTH TABLET. THE FLOOD. "Column I". ("The Cause of the Flood"). 2Gilgamish unto him spake, to Uta-Napishtim the Distant: "Uta-Napishtim, upon thee I gaze, (yet) in no wise thy presence Strange is, (for) thou art like me...
The Eighth Tablet. Of The Mourning Of Gilgamish : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], THE EIGHTH TABLET. OF THE MOURNING OF GILGAMISH, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 6("The first Column is badly mutilated, and all we can glean from it is that "as soon as something of morning has dawned," Gilgamish addressing Enkidu, compares him...
Preface : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 4 p. 5 PREFACE. THE Epic of Gilgamish, written in cuneiform on Assyrian and Babylonian clay tablets, is one of the most interesting poems in the world. It is of great antiquity, and, inasmuch as a fragment of a Sumerian Deluge text...
The Twelfth Tablet. Gilgamish, In Despair : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 57 THE TWELFTH TABLET. GILGAMISH, IN DESPAIR, ENQUIRES OF THE DEAD. "Column I". ("How the dead haunt the living"). 1(Then), what time that the seine had passd through the Architect 's dwelling, (Aye, and) the net [had taken its...
The Fourth Tablet. The Arrival At The Gate : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], THE FOURTH TABLET. THE ARRIVAL AT THE GATE OF THE FOREST. ("Of Column I about ll. "1-36" are mutilated or missing, there being actually the beginnings of only sixteen lines. When the text becomes connected the heroes have reached...
The Fifth Tablet. Of The Fight With Humbaba : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 29 THE FIFTH TABLET. OF THE FIGHT WITH HUMBABA. "Column I" 1. ("The Wonders of the Forest"). Stood they and stared at the Forest, they gazed at the height of the Cedars, Scanning the avenue into the Forest: (and there) where Humbab...
The Sixth Tablet. Of The Goddess Ishtar : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 32 THE SIXTH TABLET. OF THE GODDESS ISHTAR, WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HERO AFTER HIS EXPLOIT AGAINST HUMBABA. "Column I". ("Gilgamish is removing the stains of combat"). 1(Now) is 2 he washing his stains, (and) is cleansing his...
Untitled : This is one of the first essentially complete academic translations of the epic of Gilgamesh. It includes all of the principal episodes of the epic: the wild man Enkidu; the battle with Humbaba, the cedar forest demon; the death of Enkidu, the journey of Gilgamesh to find the secret of eternal life...
Title Page : * "The Epic of Gilgamish", tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], p. 1 THE EPIC OF GILGAMISH A NEW TRANSLATION FROM A COLLATION OF THE CUNEIFORM TABLETS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM RENDERED LITERALLY INTO ENGLISH HEXAMETERS BY R. CAMPBELL THOMPSON, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A., Fellow Of Merton College, Oxford...