New part of Gilgamesh discovered
ISTANBUL
An Assyriologist at the University of London (UCL) has discovered a stolen clay tablet inscribed with ancient cuneiform text that was recently acquired by a museum in Iraq contains 20 previously unknown lines to the epic story of Gilgamesh, the oldest known epic poem and widely regarded as the first great work of literature ever created.The discovery provides new details about Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu, a wild man created by the gods to rid Gilgamesh of his arrogance, as they travel to the Cedar Forest, home of the gods, to defeat the monstrous giant Humbaba.
Live Science has reported that the tablet was purchased in 2011 by the Sulaymaniayh Museum in Iraq from a known smuggler of Mesopotamian antiquities.
