This literary text narrates the war between Gilgamesh (king of Uruk) and Aga (the last king of the first dynasty Kish). The Epic of Gilgamesh mentioned that Aga had besieged Uruk. Purchase. From Southern Mesopotamia (precise provenance unknown), modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE. (The Sulaimaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan).
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