Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid
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You're Dead to Me · Epic of Gilgamesh: myths and heroes in ancient Mesopotamia · 13 Mar 2026
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Yeah.
Because it's such a formulaic thing.
And each king is, and one queen actually named Kubau, is given a number of years that they reign for.
It's probably years, but I think that the impossible lengths speak a little bit to this ideology of kingship that they're trying to establish in the same document saying that
Look how old kingship, the existence of a ruler like this is.
And if something is old, it's obviously important and legitimate in ancient Mesopotamia.
They really revered their ancient history.
So I think these impossible reigns feed into that ideology.
And then with that setup, they can go on to list the real kings who ruled for seven years or 50 years.
Is that fair?
Absolutely.
There are kings that model themselves on him, like Shulgi, who rules around 2100 BCE and who even claims to have the same mom as Gilgamesh.
I think you do that because in the background of the Gilgamesh epic, there is this deity called Ea, who's the god of wisdom.
He's quite a mischievous god.
He's never really front and centre.
He's kind of like interwoven into the story.
The number that represents him is two-thirds of 60.
Forgetting what that number is now.
15?
Is that right?
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