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The Newly Discovered Tablet II of the Epic of Gilgamesh
https://www.ancient.eu ^
| April 9, 2019
| Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Posted on 04/11/2019 8:19:00 PM PDT by Beowulf9
Acquisition In 2011 CE, the Sulaymaniyah (Slemani) Museum in Iraqi Kurdistan purchased a large number of clay tablets. After the dramatic fall of Saddam's regime on April 9, 2003 CE and the ransacking of the Iraq Museum as well as other museums, the Sulaymaniyah Museum (guided by the Council of Ministers of Iraqi Kurdistan) started an initiative, as part of an amnesty program. The museum paid smugglers to 'intercept' archaeological artefacts on their journey to other countries. No questions were asked about who was selling the relic or where it came from. The Sulaymaniyah Museum believed that this condition kept smugglers from selling their merchandise to other buyers (locally) or antiquities dealers (outside Iraq), as they would have otherwise done so with ease and without any legal consequences.
(Excerpt) Read more at ancient.eu ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babylon; chat; cuneiform; epicofgilgamesh; epigraphyandlanguage; erdogan; gilgamesh; godsgravesglyphs; history; iraq; kurdistan; receptayyiperdogan; turkey
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posted on
04/11/2019 8:19:00 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Beowulf9
That means mine must be a fake.
2
posted on
04/11/2019 8:26:05 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
To: SunkenCiv
3
posted on
04/11/2019 8:30:07 PM PDT
by
SteveH
To: Beowulf9
Is this the tablet where Enkidu talks about his cousin Gugwe in that far off land across the oceans where “the greatest people” will come from in the future?
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posted on
04/11/2019 8:37:37 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Beowulf9
Who else is sick of this “Common Era” bs?
5
posted on
04/11/2019 8:41:50 PM PDT
by
sevlex
To: Beowulf9
OMG!
The original, eternal, battle!
6
posted on
04/11/2019 8:43:55 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: sevlex
They can’t tolerate naming Christ.
7
posted on
04/11/2019 8:45:25 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: sevlex
I’m an agnostic, and I am throughly sick of BCE/CE
8
posted on
04/11/2019 8:49:01 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
To: Beowulf9
Gilgamesh II: Electric Bugaloo!I'm getting sick of these endless sequels! Can't Hollywood think of anything new?
Regards,
9
posted on
04/11/2019 8:54:35 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: sevlex
Common era refers to the nineteen fifties, when everybody agreed there were two sexes.
10
posted on
04/11/2019 8:58:29 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: dp0622
That means mine must be a fake.
C'mon, a guy selling antiquities out of van parked in an alley wouldn't steer ya wrong, would he?
11
posted on
04/11/2019 9:01:49 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
:)
He had a business card...
12
posted on
04/11/2019 9:06:03 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
To: dp0622
Of course, if it chronicles the torrid love affair between Gilgamesh and Enkidu, it just can’t be a fake.
13
posted on
04/11/2019 9:08:16 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
Great. Another 2 names I gotta look up now :)
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posted on
04/11/2019 9:10:29 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
To: Olog-hai
Do we find out what happened with Darmok and Jalad on the ocean?
15
posted on
04/11/2019 9:14:44 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: sparklite2
They were doing the Buttigieg.
To: sparklite2
No; we only find out what happened to Shaka when the walls fell.
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posted on
04/11/2019 9:19:23 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: dp0622
Enkidu and Shamhat—those were just rumors, you know.
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posted on
04/11/2019 9:21:37 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: an amused spectator
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posted on
04/11/2019 9:22:31 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: dp0622
The real ones come with a certificate of authenticity.
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