Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. A NOTE TO THE READER xi
5. A NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION xiii
6. INTRODUCTION xvii
7. A CHRONOLOGY OF THE GILGAMESH EPIC xxxv
8. The Epic of GILGAMESH
9. TABLET I 1
10. TABLET II 13
11. TABLET III 23
12. TABLET IV 29
13. TABLET V 39
14. TABLET VI 49
15. TABLET VII 57
16. TABLET VIII 67
17. TABLET IX 73
18. TABLET X 81
19. TABLET XI 95
20. Appendixes
21. APPENDIX A Glossary 111
22. APPENDIX B Tablet XII 116
23. APPENDIX C Mesopotamian Languages and Writing 118
24. APPENDIX D For Further Reading 120