Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is from Babylonia, dating from long after the time that king Gilgamesh was supposed to have ruled. It was based on earlier Sumerian legends of Gilgamesh. The most complete version of the epic was preserved on eleven clay tablets in the collection of the 7th century BC Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh [Dec 2004]