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Gilgamesh - Bibliography

The Epic of Gilgamesh

[1] New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, Hamlyn Publishing, London 1959 (21st impression 1986).
[2] N.K. Sandars: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1960-72.
[3] L.M. Foster: The Sumerians, Franklin Watts, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney 1990.
[4] S.N. Kramer: History begins at Sumer, Thames and Hudson, London 1956-61.
[5] E. Landau: The Sumerians, Cradle of Civilization, The Millbrook Press, Brookfield 1997.
[6] B. Bryson: Gilgamesh, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco.
[7] Révai Nagy Lexikona, Révai R.T. Budapest, 1914-20.
[8] Encyclopaedia Britannica, Standard Edition, 1999.
[9] Web-site: www3.sympatico.ca/untangle/Gilgamesh

Further reading

[A] A. Heidel: Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels, second ed. 1949.
[B] J.B. Pritchard: Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, second ed. 1955, third ed. 1969.
[C] S.N. Kramer: Ancient Near Eastern Texts/ From the Tablets of Sumer, 1956.
[D] O.R. Gurney: Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 1964.

Sumerian Dictionary on Web

[X] Web-site: Lexicon of Sumerian Logograms by John A. Halloran, with downloadable cuneiform fonts
(http://www.sumerian.org/sumerlex.htm)