Gilgamesh

Each division contains the story of a single adventure in the career of Gilgamesh.

Ishtar fell in love with Gilgamesh, but he refused her because all men and beasts whom she loved she reduced to misery.

Eabani followed the priestess to Uruk, where he and Gilgamesh became comrades,—heroes of war and slayers of monsters.

Gilgamesh is portrayed full-face and has the long vertically streaked beard so frequently seen on the cylinder-seals.

In Fig. 57 we have the impression of another seal in which Gilgamesh and Ea-bani are the prominent actors.