QuoteQuest“O man of Shurrupak, son of Ubara-Tutu; tear down your house and build a boat, abandon possessions and look for life, despise worldly goods and save your soul alive. Tear down your house, I say, and build a boat.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Gilgamesh
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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Gilgamesh. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Gilgamesh. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gilgamesh
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