{"id":2927,"date":"2011-10-06T22:19:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T02:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2011-10-06T22:20:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T02:20:38","slug":"thursday-night-giglamesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2011\/10\/06\/thursday-night-giglamesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night – giglamesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

GILGAMESH KING IN URUK <\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\n I WILL proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh. This was the man to whom all things were known; this<\/em><\/span>
\n was the king who knew the countries of the world. He was wise, he saw mysteries and knew secret things, he<\/em><\/span>
\n brought us a tale of the days before the flood. He went on a long journey, was weary, worn-out with labour,<\/em><\/span>
\n returning he rested, he engraved on a stone the whole story.<\/em><\/span>
\n When the gods created Gilgamesh they gave him a perfect body. Shamash the glorious sun endowed him with<\/em><\/span>
\n beauty, Adad the god of the storm endowed him with courage, the great gods made his beauty perfect, surpassing all<\/em><\/span>
\n others, terrifying like a great wild bull. Two thirds they made him god and one third man.<\/em><\/span>
\n In Uruk he built walls, a great rampart, and the temple of blessed Eanna for the god of the firmament Anu, and<\/em><\/span>
\n for Ishtar the goddess of love. Look at it still today: the outer wall where the cornice runs, it shines with the<\/em><\/span>
\n brilliance of copper; and the inner wall, it has no equal. Touch the threshold, it is ancient. Approach Eanna the<\/em><\/span>
\n dwelling of Ishtar, our lady of love and war, the like of which no latter-day king, no man alive can equal. Climb<\/em><\/span>
\n upon the wall of Uruk; walk along it, I say; regard the foundation terrace and examine the. masonry: is it not burnt<\/em><\/span>
\n brick and good? The seven sages laid the foundations<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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At dinner tonight, Gabe was reading the Epic of Giglamesh.. a 4700 year old story of a King who was 2\/3 G-d.. A smart guy with a perfect bod,, well traveld lost a good freind and spent time mopng around worrying about his own mortality.. A rreal regular guy.. except perhaps the 2\/3 G-d part .. Reading the stilted\u00a0 verse over my diner\u00a0 i wondered if the author of this epic ever intended his words carved in a stone in a dessert nearly 5 millinea ago to be read with a slightly burnt grilled cheese, a glass of sweet white wine .. and soem 5 day old soup that tasted like the sea…<\/p>\n

I’m addressing this to you .. O future historian.. pouring over the the digital remnants of my own musing some thousand year hence.. that you treat me better than I did poor Giglamesh.. and do not drip soup on me.. as I did on him…<\/p>\n

nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n

-me<\/p>\n

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