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What does Gilgamesh mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A legendary king of Uruk, who is the hero of the Babylonian poem "Epic of Gilgamesh".
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So, we shouldn't allow this subtle linkage to Gilgamesh to distract from a proper consideration of paleosols.
The dynasty ended when its last king, Agga, was defeated about 2660 by Gilgamesh, king of the first dynasty of Uruk.
The cube-shaped vessel in the Babylonian account of Gilgamesh would be a ridiculously unstable boat that would roll all over the place.
The Epic of Gilgamesh describes a flood which preceded the Biblical inundation by at least a thousand years.
Soon, no doubt, there will be cites in Latin and Greek, maybe even a quotation from Gilgamesh.
Be it noted also that Enkidu, not Gilgamesh, is punished for the insult to Ishtar.

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