The Epic of Gilgamish, tr. by R. Campbell Thompson [1928], at sacred-texts.com

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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.

LUZAC & CO.,

46 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, W.C.1.

[1928]

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TO

COLONEL W. H. BEACH,

C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., R.E.,

UNDER WHOM I SERVED FOR THREE YEARS IN MESOPOTAMIA,

WHO BEST KNEW HOW TO ASSESS THE WORTH

OF ORIENTAL STORIES.