http://www.livescience.com/52372-new-ta ... -epic.html
Other newfound lines of the poem confirm details that are alluded to in other parts of the work. For example, it shows that Enkidu and Humbaba were childhood buddies and that, after killing the ogre, the story's heroes feel a bit remorseful, at least for destroying the lovely forest.
"Gilgamesh and Enkidu cut down the cedar to take home to Babylonia, and the new text carries a line that seems to express Enkidu's recognition that reducing the forest to a wasteland is a bad thing to have done, and will upset the gods," George said. Like the description of the forest, this kind of ecological awareness is very rare in ancient poetry, he added.
The tablet, now mud-free and fully translated, is currently on display at the Sulaymaniyah Museum. A paper outlining Al-Rawi and George's findings was published in 2014 in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies.
20 new verses of Gilgamesh discovered
20 new verses of Gilgamesh discovered
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shunyadragon
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Re: 20 new verses of Gilgamesh discovered
I am a long time fan of Gilgamesh, and I would like to find a good translation of the new text. In my search there may be two newly discovered texts. Is this true.
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Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.
Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.