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An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic

by Morris Jastrow & Albert T. Clay

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The 240 lines of the six columns of the text are enumerated in succession, with an indication on the margin where a new column begins. This method, followed also in the case of the Yale tablet, seems preferable to Langdon’s breaking up of the text into Obverse and Reverse, with a separate enumeration for each of the six columns. In order, however, to facilitate a comparison with Langdon’s edition, a table is added:

Obverse Col.I, 1= Line1 of our text.
,,I, 5=,,5,,,,,,
,,I, 10=,,10,,,,,,
,,I, 15=,,15,,,,,,
,,I, 20=,,20,,,,,,
,,I, 25=,,25,,,,,,
,,I, 30=,,30,,,,,,
,,I, 35=,,35,,,,,,
Col.II, 1= Line41,,,,,,
,,II, 5=,,45,,,,,,
,,II, 10=,,50,,,,,,
,,II, 15=,,55,,,,,,
,,II, 20=,,60,,,,,,
,,II, 25=,,65,,,,,,
,,II, 30=,,70,,,,,,
,,II, 35=,,75,,,,,,
Col.III, 1= Line81,,,,,,
,,III, 5=,,85,,,,,,
,,III, 10=,,90,,,,,,
,,III, 15=,,95,,,,,,
,,III, 26=,,100,,,,,,
,,III, 25=,,105,,,,,,
,,III, 30=,,110,,,,,,
,,III, 35=,,115,,,,,,
Reverse Col.I, 1 (= Col. IV)= Line131 of our text.
,,I, 5=,,135,,,,,,
,,I, 10=,,140,,,,,,
,,I, 15=,,145,,,,,,
,,I, 20=,,150,,,,,,
,,I, 25=,,155,,,,,,
,,I, 30=,,160,,,,,,
,,II, 1 (= Col. V)= Line171,,,,,,
,,II, 5=,,175,,,,,,
,,II, 10=,,180,,,,,,
,,II, 15=,,185,,,,,,
,,II, 20=,,190,,,,,,
,,II, 25=,,195,,,,,,
,,II, 30=,,200,,,,,,
,,III, 1 (= Col. VI)= Line208,,,,,,
,,III, 5=,,212,,,,,,
,,III, 10=,,217,,,,,,
,,III, 15=,,222,,,,,,
,,III, 20=,,227,,,,,,
,,III, 25=,,232,,,,,,
,,III, 30=,,237,,,,,,
,,III, 33=,,240,,,,,,

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