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Portions of Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. This cuneiform writing depicts Gilgamesh and Enkidu meeting Humbaba, guardian of the Cedar Forest. The tablet dates to the Old Babylonian Period, 2003–1595 bce. Photograph by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, FRCP; Wikimedia, open access.
