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050 00 $aBL1620$b.M98 2000
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245 00 $aMyths from Mesopotamia :$bcreation, the flood, Gilgamesh, and others /$cedited and translated with an introduction and notes by Stephanie Dalley.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2000.
300 $axix, 339 p. :$bill., map ;$c20 cm.
490 1 $aOxford world's classics
500 $aOriginally published: 1989.
504 $aBibliography: p. [332]-337.
500 $aTranslated from Akkadian texts.
505 00 $tAtrahasis --$tThe epic of Gilgamesh, standard version --$t[The epic of Gilgamesh], Old Babylonian version --$tThe descent of Ishtar to the underworld --$tNergal and Ereshkigal, standard version --$t[Nergal and Ereshkigal], Amarna version --$tAdapa --$tEtana --$tAnzu, standard version --$t[Anzu], Old Babylonian version --$tThe epic of creation --$tTheogony of Dunnu --$tErra and Ishum.
520 1 $a"Between the great rivers Tigris and Euphrates lies the rich alluvial land of Mesopotamia (now in modern Iraq), which supported a complex and prosperous society over 4,000 years ago." "The stories translated here are all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness." "So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMythology, Assyro-Babylonian.
700 1 $aDalley, Stephanie.
830 0 $aOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
988 $a20040109
906 $0OCLC