![]() ![]() Scholars believe he would have written or transcribed the epic sometime between 1300-1000 BCE. This scribe would have lived in ancient Mesopotamia and may have been a priest, healer, and scholar from Uruk. In the text, the scribe of the Akkadian version names himself Sîn-lēqi-unninni, which was unusual for the time. Later, during Babylonian times, the stories were connected in the standard Akkadian version of "The Epic of Gilgamesh " (used for this analysis). Five surviving Sumerian poems give early accounts of Gilgamesh’s exploits. ![]() The original author of "The Epic of Gilgamesh" is anonymous, as the myth was likely orally circulated and translated by many for centuries. Facing the reality of his own mortality, Gilgamesh sets off on a journey to find the only living immortal man who can tell Gilgamesh how to escape death. After various exploits together, Enkidu dies. The hero of the poem, Gilgamesh, evaluates his courage and strength alongside his male companion Enkidu, who was born and raised in the wild. ![]()
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