The Epic of Gilgamesh

Japanese: ギルガメシュ叙事詩 - ギルガメシュじょじし(英語表記)The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
One of the most important works of Babylonian-Assyrian literature. A compilation of the stories of Gilgamesh, a famous hero of ancient Mesopotamia. Written in Akkadian, the text is mainly composed of 12 tablets excavated from the ruins of Ashurbanipal's library in Nineveh, with missing parts supplemented by many fragments found in Mesopotamia and Anatolia. The original Sumerian fragments were written in the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. The historical Gilgamesh was a real person who ruled Uruk in the first half of the 3rd millennium BC, and is said to have been a contemporary of Agga, the ruler of Kish. However, the poem does not contain any historical facts. The main theme of the story is that Gilgamesh wanders in search of immortality after his best friend Enkidu dies after suffering from a 12-day illness due to the wrath of the goddess Ishtar.

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Japanese:
バビロニア=アッシリア文学のなかで最も重要な作品の1つ。古代メソポタミアの有名な英雄ギルガメシュの物語の集大成。アッカド語で記された文献は,ニネベのアッシュールバニパルの図書館跡出土の 12枚の書板がおもなもので,欠損部分は,メソポタミア各地およびアナトリアで発見された多くの断片により補足されている。この原型というべきシュメール語の断章が,前2千年紀前半に書き残されている。歴史上のギルガメシュは,前3千年紀前半にウルクを支配した実在の人間で,キシュの支配者アッガと同時代であるとされている。しかし,詩のなかには史実と思われることは述べられていない。親友エンキドゥが,女神イシュタルの怒りに触れ,12日間の病気で苦しんだ末に没したことから,ギルガメシュが不死を求めて放浪する,というのが本編の主要テーマ。

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