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A king who loses his friend and goes looking for a way not to die. These Old Babylonian tablets are among the earliest fragments of the Gilgamesh story, nearly 4,000 years old.
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Why we can share it: Project Gutenberg record: 'Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.' Text states 'Copyright, 1920, by Yale University Press'; authors Jastrow (d. 1921) and Clay (d. 1925); published 1920, before 1931, so public domain in the US.