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Book Title: Epic of Gilgamesh
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Maureen Gallery Kovacs
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Classics, Middle Eastern, Epic
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 1989
Genre: Poetry, Fiction
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
