Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Humbaba



A photograph of Tablet 4 of Gilgamesh. From the Library of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria 669-627 BC.
 
 

Humbaba. Clay plaque, early 2nd Mill. From Susa, Iran.
 
 
 

  Humbaba. clay mask made to look like wound up intestines.
 
 
 
 

Drawings by Joanna Richards from The Epic of Gilgamesh translated by Andrew George.