Gilgamesh and the quest for immortality.(Excerpt)

Calliope | October 1, 2006| | Copyright 
 
   He ordered built the walls of 
   Uruk of the Sheepfold 
 
   The walls of holy Eanna, 
   stainless sanctuary. 
 
   Observe its walls, whose upper 
   hem is like bronze; 
 
   Behold its inner wall, which no 
   work can equal ... 
 
   Draw out the tablet of lapis 
   lazuli and read it aloud: 
 
   How Gilgamesh endured 
   everything harsh, 
 
   Overpowering kings, famous, 
   powerfully built ... 
 
   Gilgamesh, dazzling, sublime ... 
   Is there a king like him, 
   anywhere?

Excerpted from the Gilgamesh tablets uncovered at Nineveh

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