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ID: 500404152
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Record Type: Person
Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian king, 3rd millenium BCE)

Note: Ruler at Uruk in southern Mesopotamia sometime during the first half of the 3rd millennium BCE. Known from the Gilgamesh Epic and mentioned in the Sumerian list of kings. There is, however, no historical evidence for the exploits narrated in famous Gilgamesh poems and epic.

Names:
Gilgamesh (preferred,V)

Nationalities:
Mesopotamian (preferred)

Roles:
king (preferred)

Gender: male

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Non-Artists
 ........  Gilgamesh (I)

Biographies:
(Mesopotamian king, 3rd millenium BCE) ..... [VP Preferred]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Gilgamesh ........ [VP Preferred]
.....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) nb2014011789
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Gilgamesh," accessed 3 July 2017
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