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- -2500.2 + (<p><span style="text-decoration: … <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Epic of Gilgamesh,</span> dated as early at 2100 BCE.</p></br><p>Mark Pestana, who tipped Protoball off on the Sumerian reference, suggest two texts for further insight: </p></br><p>[1] Damrosch, David, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh</span> (New York, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2007). For specific reference to the ball & mallet, page 232. Damrosch’s comment on the primacy of Andrew George’s interpretation: “For Gilgamesh, the starting point is Andrew George’s The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation. . . "This is the best and most complete translation of the epic ever published, including newly discovered passages not included in any other translation.” (Damrosch, page 295)</p></br><p>[2] George, Andrew, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation</span> (London, England: Penguin Books, 1999). This book includes a complete translation of the Standard version, a generous helping of fragments of the Old Babylonian version, plus the Sumerian “ur-texts” of the individual Gilgamesh poems. The quote I included describing the ball game is to be found on page 183.</p></br><p> In the <em>Supplemental Tex</em>t, below, we provide an excerpt from a translation by Andrew George from his "Gilgamesh and the Netherworld." </p>om a translation by Andrew George from his "Gilgamesh and the Netherworld." </p>)