The Epic was written in Sumerian cuneiform, the oldest written language and dates back to 3200 BCE. ... During the 20th century with further discovery of cuneiform tablets, the complexity of the process of recovery of the Gilgamesh epic became more apparent. ... George (2009) anticipates that the next translation will be one based on digital images of the cuneiform tablets. ... These tablets, from the 2nd millennia, which contribute to the "Standard Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic", are believed to have been a copy book through which scribes learnt to write, as they had to write this as a...

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