吉尔伽美什的传说

Legend of Gilgamesh

背景:乌鲁克是古代苏美尔最伟大的城市之一。传说从前,在幼发拉底河畔的大城市乌鲁克,住着一位名叫吉尔伽美什的国王。事实上,一位名叫吉尔伽美什的国王可能真的存在过。他的名字出现在了考古学家发现的苏美尔王表上,都是一份用楔形文字写在泥板上的名单。

BACKCROUND:One of the greatest cities in ancient Sumer was the city of Uruk.Legend says that once upon a time,on the banks of the Euphrates,in the great city of Uruk,there lived a king named Gilgamesh.In truth,a king named Gilgamesh may actually have existed.His name is on the Sumerian King List,a list written in cuneiform1 on clay tablets2,discovered by archaeologists3.