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1 " He who saw the Deep, the country's foundation,[who] knew ... , was wise in all matters![Gilgamesh, who] saw the Deep, the country's foundation,[who] knew ... , was wise in all matters![He] ... everywhere ...and [learnt] of everything the sum of wisdom.He saw what was secret, discovered what was hidden,he brought back a tale of before the Deluge.He came a far road, was weary, found peace,and set all his labours on a tablet of stone.He built the rampart of Uruk-the-Sheepfold,of holy Eanna, the sacred storehouse.See its wall like a strand of wool,view its parapet that none could copy!Take the stairway of a bygone era,draw near to Eanna, seat of Ishtar the goddess,that no later king could ever copy! "
― the Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic
