Gilgamesh in al-Suyuti (1)

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The fifteenth-century Arab polymath al-Suyūṭī transmitted an incantation of Solomon that includes in its list of invoked spiritual entities the name “Gilgamesh” (jljmyš). This employment of the name in a ritual context derives ultimately from the similar usage of his name in Babylonian incantations. In Maqlû incantation series 1.37-38, Gilgamesh occurs as the “lord of your oath” (bēl mamītkunu, cf. 4.54).

Sources (list of abbreviations)
al-Suyuti, [Kitab] al-rahma fi ‘l-tibb wal-hikma, 337
Maqlû 1.37-38

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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