About this book
A short monograph devoted to the Babylonian flood myth and the Epic of Gilgamesh (Standard Babylonian version), dating from the 7th century BC, as found on the clay tablets of the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal at the ancient site of Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The book includes a description of the library and an account of its discovery. The narratives are conveyed through a combination of verbatim translation and paraphrase. The text contains eighteen illustrations. - Summary by Kazbek
Chapters (6)
1The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith--The Walls and Palaces of Nineveh--Discovery of the Library of the Temple of Nebo at Nineveh--Nebo and his Library at Nineveh
2Ashur-bani-pal, Book-Collector and Patron of Learning--Colophon of the Tablets of the Palace Library--Colophon of the Tablets of the Library of Nebo
3George Smith's Discovery of the Epic of Gilgamish and the Story of the Deluge--The Legend of the Deluge in Babylonia
4The Legend of the Deluge According to Berosus
5The Babylonian Legend of the Deluge as Told to the Hero Gilgamish by his Ancestor Uta-Napishtim, Who Had Been Made Immortal by the Gods
6The Epic of Gilgamish
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