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100 1 $aDamrosch, David.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86057128
245 14 $aThe buried book :$bthe loss and rediscovery of the great Epic of Gilgamesh /$cDavid Damrosch.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bH. Holt,$c2007.
300 $axi, 315 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-293) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : when histories collide -- $g1.$tThe broken tablets -- $g2.$tEarly fame and sudden death -- $g3.$tThe lost library -- $g4.$tThe fortress and the museum -- $g5.$tAfter Ashurbanipal, the deluge -- $g6.$tAt the limits of culture -- $g7.$tThe vanishing point -- $tEpilogue : Saddam's Gilgamesh.
520 1 $a"Composed in Babylonia more than three thousand years ago, The Epic of Gilgamesh is the story of one hero's travels in search of immortality, of a vengeful goddess, a cunning serpent, and a devastating flood. It was the world's first great epic, which would later be echoed in The Odyssey, the Bible, and The Thousand and One Nights. But in 612 B.C., the clay tablets that bore the story were lost - buried in the burning ruins of the palace of Ashurbanipal, the last great king of Assyria, as his enemies laid his kingdom to waste."--BOOK JACKET.
630 00 $aGilgamesh.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80080430
650 0 $aAssyriology$xHistory.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006049523-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0665/2006049523-d.html
852 00 $bbar$hPJ3771.G6$iD36 2007
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