Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Was Caught Up in a War
by:
Jane Ray (author)
Kathy Henderson (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781844287468 (1844287467)
Publish date: May 1st 2006
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
The oldest written Sumerian story tells of the youth of Lugalbanda, father of the famous Gilgamesh. Lugalbanda was the youngest son of Enmerkar, who drained the marshes to build the city of Uruk (according to myth, at the direction of the goddess Inanna). Wanting to make Inanna's city the most beaut...
The oldest written Sumerian story tells of the youth of Lugalbanda, father of the famous Gilgamesh. Lugalbanda was the youngest son of Enmerkar, who drained the marshes to build the city of Uruk (according to myth, at the direction of the goddess Inanna). Wanting to make Inanna's city the most beaut...