<b>The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish: With an Account of the Royal Libraries of Nineveh</b><br /><br />A short monograph devoted to the Babylonian flood myth and the Epic of Gilgamesh (Standard Babylonian version), dating from the 7th century BC, as found on the clay tablets of the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal at the ancient site of Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The book includes a description of the library and an account of its discovery. The narratives are conveyed through a combination of verbatim translation and paraphrase. The text contains eighteen illustrations. - Summary by Kazbek
Charts
- 148Decreased by 26
'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M74.965,77.269%20C74.795,75.733%2074.283,74.624%2073.259,73.6%20C71.339,71.595%2067.968,70.272%2064,70.272%20C60.032,70.272%2056.661,71.552%2054.741,73.6%20C53.76,74.667%2053.205,75.733%2053.035,77.269%20C52.693,80.256%2052.907,82.816%2053.248,86.955%20C53.589,90.88%2054.229,96.128%2055.04,101.419%20C55.637,105.216%2056.107,107.264%2056.533,108.715%20C57.259,111.104%2059.861,113.152%2064,113.152%20C68.139,113.152%2070.784,111.061%2071.467,108.715%20C71.893,107.264%2072.363,105.216%2072.96,101.419%20C73.771,96.085%2074.411,90.88%2074.752,86.955%20C75.136,82.816%2075.307,80.256%2074.965,77.269%20z'%20fill='%23FFFFFF'%20id='XMLID_657_'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M74.496,55.509%20C74.496,61.312%2069.803,66.005%2064,66.005%20C58.197,66.005%2053.504,61.312%2053.504,55.509%20C53.504,49.707%2058.197,45.013%2064,45.013%20C69.803,45.013%2074.496,49.749%2074.496,55.509%20z'%20fill='%23FFFFFF'%20id='XMLID_655_'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M63.872,14.165%20C39.381,14.251%2019.328,34.133%2018.987,58.624%20C18.731,78.464%2031.403,95.445%2049.109,101.675%20C49.536,101.845%2049.963,101.461%2049.92,101.035%20C49.707,99.499%2049.451,97.963%2049.28,96.427%20C49.195,95.872%2048.853,95.445%2048.384,95.189%20C34.389,89.088%2024.619,75.051%2024.789,58.795%20C25.003,37.461%2042.411,20.096%2063.701,19.925%20C85.504,19.755%20103.296,37.419%20103.296,59.179%20C103.296,75.264%2093.568,89.088%2079.701,95.189%20C79.189,95.403%2078.848,95.872%2078.805,96.427%20C78.592,97.963%2078.379,99.499%2078.165,101.035%20C78.08,101.504%2078.549,101.845%2078.976,101.675%20C96.512,95.531%20109.099,78.805%20109.099,59.179%20C109.013,34.347%2088.747,14.123%2063.872,14.165%20z'%20fill='%23FFFFFF'%20id='XMLID_653_'/%3e%3cpath%20d='M62.848,29.099%20C46.891,29.696%2034.091,42.88%2033.877,58.837%20C33.749,69.333%2038.997,78.635%2047.061,84.139%20C47.445,84.395%2048,84.096%2048,83.627%20C47.872,81.792%2047.872,80.171%2047.957,78.464%20C48,77.909%2047.787,77.397%2047.36,77.013%20C42.453,72.405%2039.467,65.835%2039.637,58.581%20C39.979,45.781%2050.261,35.371%2063.061,34.859%20C76.971,34.304%2088.405,45.483%2088.405,59.221%20C88.405,66.219%2085.419,72.533%2080.683,77.013%20C80.299,77.397%2080.085,77.909%2080.085,78.464%20C80.171,80.128%2080.128,81.749%2080.043,83.584%20C80,84.053%2080.555,84.395%2080.981,84.096%20C88.917,78.677%2094.165,69.504%2094.165,59.179%20C94.208,42.197%2080,28.416%2062.848,29.099%20z'%20fill='%23FFFFFF'%20id='XMLID_651_'/%3e%3c/g%3e%3c/svg%3e)
- 47Decreased by 10
Episodi recenti
Jul 16, 2023
The Babylonian Legend of the Deluge as Told to the Hero Gilgamish by his Ancestor Uta-Napishtim, Who Had Been Made Immortal by the Gods
E5 • 19 mins
Jul 16, 2023
The Legend of the Deluge According to Berosus
E4 • 4 mins
Jul 16, 2023
George Smith's Discovery of the Epic of Gilgamish and the Story of the Deluge--The Legend of the Deluge in Babylonia
E3 • 14 mins
Jul 16, 2023
Ashur-bani-pal, Book-Collector and Patron of Learning--Colophon of the Tablets of the Palace Library--Colophon of the Tablets of the Library
E2 • 17 mins
Jul 16, 2023
The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith--The Walls and Palaces of Nineveh--Discovery of the Library of the Templ
E1 • 11 mins