The Wikipedia article on the Epic of Gilgamesh, consulted for the poem's textual history and composition dating.
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Epic of Gilgamesh (Wikipedia)
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The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, some of which may date to the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100 BCE).
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