Shamash, and in Uruk ..... : because Shamash heard what ... as he listened to his words, all of a sudden his [tears were flowing -] as Gilgamesh listened to the words of Enkidu, his ...
But while the prehistoric people of the East looked to the Sumerians for their supply of daily bread, the Sumerians themselves gazed heavenward to the early rising of Utu (Shamash), the ...
Ishtar proposed marriage to the Babylonian hero Gilgamesh, but he refused, citing the violent faith of her previous lovers. “And why should I marry you?” Gilgamesh asked the goddess. ...