Gilgamesh

Here is the link to the text for Gilgamesh.

Here is a link to great recent article, June 2013, from Reed magazine: Triumph of Gilgamesh.

Also, here are some great resources for that period:

Sumerian Mythology
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
by Samuel Noah Kramer

Before Philosophy: The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man
Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature
by Henri Frankfort

Also, if you put “Gilgamesh” in the search bar of this website — there is a wealth of knowledge here:
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We also recommend, Epic of Gilgamesh, trans. Andrew George, 2003. Hugh has a copy of it and you are welcome to borrow it if you are interested. It is a verse translation with  additional textual material and some alternative readings from other sources of the Epic (Hittite and Ugaritic).