utnapishtim built the boat in the epic of gilgamesh.
utnapishtim built the boat in the epic of gilgamesh.
who builds the boat in the epic of gilgamesh?
utnapishtim
next, utnapishtim tells him that, even if he cannot obtain immortality, he can restore his youth using a plant with the power of rejuvenation. gilgamesh takes the plant, but leaves it on the shore while swimming and a snake steals it, explaining why snakes are able to shed their skins. despondent at this loss, gilgamesh returns to uruk, and shows his city to the ferryman urshanabi. it is at that this point that the epic stops being a coherent narrative. tablet xii is an appendix corresponding to the sumerian poem of "gilgamesh, enkidu and the netherworld" describing the loss of the "pikku" and "mikku". numerous elements within this narrative reveal lack of continuity with the earlier portions of the epic. at the beginning of tablet xii, enkidu is still alive, despite having previously died in tablet vii, and gilgamesh is kind to ishtar, despite the violent rivalry between them displayed in tablet vi. also, while most of the parts of the epic are free adaptations of their respective sumerian predecessors, tablet xii is a literal, word-for-word translation of the last part of "gilgamesh, enkidu, and the netherworld". for these reasons, scholars conclude this narrative was probably relegated to the end of the epic because it did not fit the larger narrative. in it, gilgamesh sees a vision of enkidu's ghost, who promises to recover the lost items and describes to his friend the abysmal condition of the underworld.
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bullet::::- gilgamesh and huwawa, version b









































bullet::::- gilgamesh and the bull of heaven









































bullet::::- gilgamesh and aga









































bullet::::- gilgamesh, enkidu and the nether world









































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bullet::::- the 1901 full text translation of the "epic of gilgamesh" by william muss-arnolt









































bullet::::- , edited by morris jastrow, translated by albert t. clay









































bullet::::- gilgamesh by richard hooker (wsu.edu)









































bullet::::- "the epic of gilgamesh", complete academic translation by r. campbell thompson









































bullet::::- "the epic of gilgamesh" by kovacs, m.g.
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