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Preface

Addenda et Corrigenda

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

The Epic of Gilgamish

tr. by R. Campbell Thompson