Gilgamesh and Aga, sometimes referred to as incipit The envoys of Aga (Sumerian: lu2 kin-gi4-a aka), is an Old Babylonian poem written in Sumerian. The...

and a pikku, which he loses. After Enkidu's death, his shade tells Gilgamesh about the bleak conditions in the Underworld. The poem Gilgamesh and Aga...

and Zabala. The Sumerian poem Gilgamesh and Aga records the Kishite siege of Uruk after its lord Gilgamesh refused to submit to Aga, ending in Aga's defeat...

of Gilgamesh (/ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ/) is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly...

is also mentioned Gilgamesh and Aga as the father of Aga who laid siege to Uruk. In The Lord to the Living One's Mountain Gilgamesh's sister, who is offered...

(disambiguation) List of characters in Epic of Gilgamesh Gilgamesh and Aga, an earlier version of the epic Gilgamesh: A New English Version, a 2004 translation...

Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian, (tr. Andrew R. George, London: Penguin Books), p 148. "Gilgamesh and Aga: translation". 2008-05-05...

BIRHARtura) was a royal guard of Gilgamesh in Uruk. His military exploits are recorded in the Sumerian poem Gilgamesh and Aga, where Kish besieged Uruk to...

successor Aga of Kish, the final king mentioned before Kish fell and kingship was taken to E-ana, also appears in the poem Gilgamesh and Aga. The next...

Epic of Gilgamesh, such as Gilgamesh and Huwawa, Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven, Gilgamesh and Aga, Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, and the Death...

associated with Aga and Enmebaragesi of Kish, two other kings named in the stories, has lent credibility to the historical existence of Gilgamesh. The earliest...

wartime comrade and friend of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. Their exploits were composed in Sumerian poems and in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, written during...

Jane Faust and Marguerite Flanders and Swann French and Saunders Frick and Frack Fry and Laurie Gilbert and Sullivan Gilgamesh and Aga Hansel and Gretel Hellman...

time when legendary mythical kings such as Lugalbanda, Enmerkar, Gilgamesh, and Aga ruled over Mesopotamia. Archaeologically, this sub-period has not...

associated with Aga and Enmebaragesi of Kish, two other kings named in the stories, has lent credibility to the historical existence of Gilgamesh. The earliest...

expense, revolving around Gilgamesh exploiting his unawareness that Enmebaragesi is the name of the father of his enemy, Aga of Kish, rather than his sister...

death of Enkidu and Gilgamesh's subsequent grapple with his own mortality. Inanna's most famous myth is the story of her descent into and return from the...

of Mesopotamian literature, was the father of Gilgamesh. Early sources mention his consort Ninsun and his heroic deeds in an expedition to Aratta by...

Sumerians. It was referenced in the Epic of Gilgamesh when Enkidu was introduced to the food and beer of Gilgamesh's people: "Drink the beer, as is the custom...

shrine to Enlil and Ninlil in Nippur after it had "fallen into ruin": "En-me-barage-si, the king, built the Iri-nanam in Enlil's temple. Aga, son of En-me-barage-si...

working around 1964 on a Gilgamesh project, which he completed as his Op.65 Gılgameş. Gilgamesh in the arts and popular culture Gilgamesh (disambiguation)#Operas...

farmer Enkimdu for Inanna's hand in marriage. Gilgamesh references Tammuz in Tablet VI of the Epic of Gilgamesh as the love of Ishtar's youth, who was turned...

environs, making it the largest urban area in the world at the time. King Gilgamesh, according to the chronology presented in the Sumerian King List (SKL)...

have defeated Elam and built the temple of Enlil in Nippur. Enmebaragesi's successor, Aga, is said to have fought with Gilgamesh of Uruk, the fifth king...

inscription was useful in the understanding of the archaeology and history of Gilgamesh. Cities of the ancient Near East Chronology of the ancient Near...

in classical antiquity, the first description appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Greek religion, there are a few instances of theophany. In historic...

of Gilgamesh and The Poem of Early Rulers, and a late version of The Instructions of Shuruppak. History of Sumer Oracc. Jacobsen 1939, pp. 75 and 76,...

he ruled 30 years. Both the Sumerian King List and the Tummal Chronicle state he was the son of Gilgamesh, but only the Sumerian King List records he was...

" George, Andrew R. (2003). The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian. Penguin Classics. ISBN 9780241289907...

"Nepal and the divine monarchy". BBC. Retrieved 3 July 2017. Dalley, Stephanie (1989), Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others...