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This analysis explores the cuneiform epic of Etana in Zagros art, revealing cultural connections and differences.
The literature and art of Mesopotamia and the Zagros are the oldest known examples of presenting stories, epics, and myths and spreading them in the Near East. One of the Sumerian folk literature examples repeatedly recorded in the Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian cuneiform records is the epic poem of the Sumerian king Etana, who had no children to inherit his throne, so he flew to heaven on the back of an eagle to ask the heaven god Anu to have a son. This paper addresses a number of research questions such as: Is there a cuneiform version of the epic in the Zagros? Did the events of the epic relate to the geography of the Zagros? How are the characters of the epic portrayed in the art of Zagros? What are the differences between the characters of the epic depicted in the Zagros and the Mesopotamian examples?
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