An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic
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In Memory of William Max Müller (1863-1919) Whose life was devoted to Egyptological research which he greatly enriched by many contributions
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- Composition: Old Babylonian witnesses approximately 18th century BCE; earlier Sumerian and later Akkadian forms distinct — provisional broad range, requires modern scholarly verification
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- Sage batch README, 2026-11-07. PG 11000 is an Old Babylonian Gilgamesh scholarly fragment edition, not the whole standard epic.
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