Revised version of doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of Near Eastern Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Sept. 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
On transliteration and coventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The prologue of "Gilgames, Enkidu and the Netherworld" -- 3. The halub-tree -- 4. Narrative and poetic structure -- 5. Enkidu Redivivus -- 6. The Sumerian Gilgames cycle -- 7. Enkidu's return and the catalogue of ghosts : GEN ll. 255-end -- 8. The manuscripts -- The edition -- Translation -- Eclectic text -- Textual matrix -- Commentary -- Appendix.
