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Gilgamesh
The myth known today as The Epic of Gilgamesh was considered in ancient times to be one of the great masterpieces of cuneiform literature. Copies of parts of the story have been found in Israel, Syria, and Turkey and references to the hero are attested in Greek and Roman literature.
Gilgamesh | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art akkadian period in the ancient near east old babylonian period in the ancient near east uruk in the ancient near east subject matter/theme... cuneiform ... share... | more ... the tale revolves around a legendary hero named gilgamesh (bilgames in sumerian), who was said to be the king of the sumerian city of uruk. his father is identified as lugalbanda, king of uruk, and his mother is the wise cow goddess ninsun. no contemporary information is known about gilgamesh,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gilg/hd_gilg.htm [1614 words]
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Epic of Creation (Mesopotamia) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art indicates that although many of the gods were associated with natural forces, no single myth addressed issues of initial creation. it was simply assumed that the gods existed before the world was formed. unfortunately, very little survives of sumerian literature from the third millennium b.c. several fragmentary tablets contain references to a time before the pantheon of the gods, when only the earth (sumerian: ki ) and heavens (sumerian: an ) existed.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/epic/hd_epic.htm [1734 words]
Mesopotamian Deities | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art and stars, others with the forces of nature such as winds and fresh and ocean waters, yet others with real animals—lions, bulls, wild oxen—and imagined creatures such as fire-spitting dragons. in the sumerian hymn "enlil in the e-kur," the god enlil is described as controlling and animating nature: ... without the great mountain enlil.. the carp would not.. come straight up[?] from the sea, they would not dart about.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/deit/hd_deit.htm [1700 words]
![Cuneiform tablet with a bilingual hymn [Seleucid] (86.11.286a) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://kunstbus.com/images/k/me/www.metmuseum.org/toah_2F_images_2F_h2_2F_h2_86.11.286a.jpg)
Cuneiform tablet with a bilingual hymn [Seleucid] (86.11.286a) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Mu purchase, 1886 (86.11.286a) this cuneiform tablet records part of a balag , a song of lament that accompanied a stringed instrument. the text is typical of the seleucid period, where the words are written in sumerian but with a large number of lines accompanied by an akkadian translation. sumerian was the language spoken in southern mesopotamia until around 2000 b.c., while akkadian had probably ceased to be a spoken language by the time this tablet was written,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/86.11.286a [223 words]
Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium B.C. | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropol ca. 3000 b.c. mesopotamia or iran arsenical copper h. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm) purchase, lila acheson wallace gift, 2007 (2007.280) ... standing male worshipper, 2750–2600 b.c.; early dynastic period ii; sumerian style excavated at tell asmar (ancient eshnunna), central mesopotamia alabaster (gypsum), shell, black limestone h. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) fletcher fund, by exchange, 1940 (40.156) ... chlorite vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees, ca.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/trdm/hd_trdm.htm [1644 words]
Flood Stories | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art flood stories... stories about a great flood are found in the folklore of many cultures. the earliest written sources are inscribed in sumerian on clay tablets and date to the late third millennium b.c. mesopotamian versions of the flood story may have had their beginnings in the annual spring flooding of the tigris and euphrates rivers.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/flod/hd_flod.htm [1547 words]
![Seated statue of Gudea [Probably Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Mesopotamia] (59.2) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://kunstbus.com/images/k/me/www.metmuseum.org/toah_2F_images_2F_h2_2F_h2_59.2.jpg)
Seated statue of Gudea [Probably Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Mesopotamia] (59.2) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History seated statue of gudea , 2150–2100 b.c.; neo-sumerian period probably tello (ancient girsu), southern mesopotamia diorite h. 17 3/8 in. (44 cm) harris brisbane dick fund, 1959 (59.2) the akkadian empire collapsed after two centuries of rule,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/59.2 [239 words]