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US seizes rare Epic of Gilgamesh tablet, considered one of world's oldest works of literature, from Hobby Lobby | The Independent
![File:The Newly Discovered Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Meeting Humbaba, with Enkidu, at the Cedar Forest. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:The Newly Discovered Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Meeting Humbaba, with Enkidu, at the Cedar Forest. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/The_Newly_Discovered_Tablet_V_of_the_Epic_of_Gilgamesh._Meeting_Humbaba%2C_with_Enkidu%2C_at_the_Cedar_Forest._The_Sulaymaniyah_Museum%2C_Iraqi_Kurdistan.jpg)
File:The Newly Discovered Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Meeting Humbaba, with Enkidu, at the Cedar Forest. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Christopher W. Jones on Twitter: "The most famous reference is in Tablet 1 of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which invites the reader to: "Look for the copper tablet-box, Undo its bronze lock, Christopher W. Jones on Twitter: "The most famous reference is in Tablet 1 of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which invites the reader to: "Look for the copper tablet-box, Undo its bronze lock,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eb2D1vVX0AAk1Gh.png)
Christopher W. Jones on Twitter: "The most famous reference is in Tablet 1 of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which invites the reader to: "Look for the copper tablet-box, Undo its bronze lock,
![Looted Gilgamesh tablet, one of world's oldest surviving works of literature, returns to Iraq | PBS NewsHour Looted Gilgamesh tablet, one of world's oldest surviving works of literature, returns to Iraq | PBS NewsHour](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2021/12/2021-09-23T194910Z_654857530_RC2UVP9DW5KM_RTRMADP_3_USA-IRAQ-TABLET-1024x733.jpg)