Sîn-leqe-unnīnī
Sîn-leqe-unnīnī (also Sin-liqi-unnini), an oracle priest (mašmaššu), was , according to more recent Babylonian tradition, the author of the Gilgamesh epic . It is said to have been around the year 1200 BC. On the basis of older, also Sumerian models, the epic was put together on twelve clay tablets. Since his name has been recorded since the middle of the 2nd millennium, he could have lived earlier. He was probably from Uruk .
literature
- Michael Jursa : The Babylonians. History, Society, Culture , CH Beck, Munich 2004, pp. 118–122, ISBN 3-406-50849-9 (CH Beck Wissen 2349)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilfred G. Lambert : Ancestors, Authors, and Canonicity. In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies 11/1, 1957, 5
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sîn-leqe-unnīnī |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sin-liqi-unnini |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | alleged author of the Gilgameš epic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: 14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: 13th century BC BC or 12th century BC Chr. |