Gilgamech : diforc'h etre ar stummoù

'''Gilgamech''' ({{IPA-en|ˈɡɪl.ɡə.mɛʃ|}}, [[Akkadian language|Akkadian cuneiform]]: {{cuneiform|[[Wiktionary:𒄑𒂆𒈦|𒄑𒂆𒈦]]}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Image:B469ellst.png|20px|link=Wiktionary:𒄑|alt=𒄑]]{{cuneiform|[[Wiktionary:𒂆|𒂆]]}}[[Image:B120ellst.png|20px|link=Wiktionary:𒈦|alt=𒈦]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, ''Gilgameš'', also known as '''Bilgames''' in the earliest Sumerian texts)<ref>''The Epic of Gilgamesh'', translated by Andrew George 1999, Penguin books Ltd, Harmondsworth, p. 141 ISBN 13579108642</ref> was the fifth king of [[Uruk]], modern day Iraq and Kuwait (Early Dynastic II, first dynasty of Uruk), placing his reign ca. 2500 BC. According to the [[Sumerian king list]] he reigned for 126 years. In the '''Tummal Inscription,'''<ref>The Tummal Inscription, an expanded king-list based on the standard Old Babylonian copy-texts, which exist in numerous examples, from [[Ur]] and Nippur.</ref> Gilgamesh, and his son [[Ur-Nungal|Urlugal]], rebuilt the sanctuary of the goddess [[Ninlil]], in Tummal, a sacred quarter in her city of [[Nippur]]. Gilgamesh is the central character in the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]],'' the greatest surviving work of early Mesopotamian literature. In the epic his father was [[Lugalbanda]] and his mother was [[Ninsun]] (whom some call Rimat Ninsun), a goddess. In [[Mesopotamian mythology]], Gilgamesh is a [[demigod]] of superhuman strength who built the city walls of Uruk to defend his people from external threats, and travelled to meet the sage [[Utnapishtim]], who had survived the [[Great Deluge]]. He is usually described as two-thirds god and one third man.

 

 

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