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Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamesh: with an Account of the Royal Libraries of Nineveh

Name: Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamesh: with an Account of the Royal Libraries of Nineveh
Author: E. A. Wallis Budge

E. A. Wallis Budge

Read by Kazbek · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith--The Walls and Palaces of Nineveh--Discovery of the Library of the Temple of Nebo at Nineveh--Nebo and his Library at Nineveh (10:40)
Ashur-bani-pal, Book-Collector and Patron of Learning--Colophon of the Tablets of the Palace Library--Colophon of the Tablets of the Library of Nebo (16:43)
George Smith's Discovery of the Epic of Gilgamish and the Story of the Deluge--The Legend of the Deluge in Babylonia (13:50)
The Legend of the Deluge According to Berosus (4:07)
The Babylonian Legend of the Deluge as Told to the Hero Gilgamish by his Ancestor Uta-Napishtim, Who Had Been Made Immortal by the Gods (18:38)
The Epic of Gilgamish (40:18)