The buried book : the loss and rediscovery of the great Epic of Gilgamesh
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Published
New York : H. Holt, 2007.
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xi, 315 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Status
Park Co. Library - Meeteetse - Main collection
892.1 DAMROSCH
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892.1 DAMROSCH
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Park Co. Library - Meeteetse - Main collection | 892.1 DAMROSCH | Gift 2013 | On Shelf |
Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Casper College Library - Main Collection | PJ3771 .G6 D36 2007 | On Shelf | |
Johnson Co. Library - Nonfiction | 809 D 18 | On Shelf | |
Natrona Co. Public Library - Nonfiction | 892.1 DAMROSCH | On Shelf | |
Northwest College - Hinckley Library - Second Floor | 809.93353 D166B | On Shelf | |
Western Wy Community College - Hay Library - Main Collection | 809.933 D18B 2007 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : H. Holt, 2007.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-293) and index.
Summary
Composed by a poet and priest in Middle Babylonia around 1200 BCE, the Epic of Gilgamesh foreshadowed later stories that would become as fundamental as any in human history, the Odyssey and the Bible. But in 600 BCE, the clay tablets that bore the story were lost--buried beneath ashes and ruins when the library of King Ashurbanipal was sacked in a raid. This book begins with the rediscovery of the epic and its decipherment in 1872 by George Smith, a brilliant self-taught linguist, who created a sensation when he discovered Gilgamesh among thousands of undistinguished tablets in the British Museum. From there the story goes backward in time, all the way to Gilgamesh himself.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Damrosch, D. (2007). The buried book: the loss and rediscovery of the great Epic of Gilgamesh (First edition). H. Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Damrosch, David. 2007. The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh. H. Holt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Damrosch, David. The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh H. Holt, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Damrosch, David. The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh First edition, H. Holt, 2007.
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