ID: 901001921 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001921	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian narratives)

Note: Narratives of an ancient Mesopotamian odyssey recorded in the Akkadian language about Gilgamesh, the king of the Mesopotamian city-state Uruk.

Names:

	Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian narratives) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern narratives> (P)
		............Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian narratives) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Utnapishtim
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Utnapishtim (Mesopotamian character)) [901001923]

	is actor for .... Gilgamesh
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian character)) [901001922]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narratives (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Mesopotamian (culture or style)
	.....(Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian narratives)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Epic of Gilgamesh," accessed 3 July 2017