b, VAT10586
The script is Neo-Assyrian and slightly angular. The tablet probably contained one or two
columns per side.^505 The exact provenience of this tablet and tablet c at Ashur is un-
known, however another fragment of Gilgamesh tablet VI was found in a private library,
so tablet b and tablet c may be connected with this private collection.^506
c 1 , VAT11000; c 2 , VAT11087; c 3 , VAT11294
The script is Neo-Assyrian and very similar to tablet b. The similarity in script may be
further cause for assuming that both of these tablets come from the same private library.
The tablet originally contained six columns, and was probably similar to tablet W in its
layout of the text.
j, BM35380
This tablet is Late Babylonian and is written in small crowded script. It is assumed to
have come from Babylon on account of the initial catalogue designation Sp2,960.^507 Nar-
row vertical rulings separate columns, though the text frequently extends beyond the
margins. There are some horizontal rulings preserved that separate the text into sections.
(^505) Alternatively the tablet may have contained six columns, thereby holding the text of tablet X and XI in
the series. See A.R. George, 506 Gilgamesh, 415.
O. Pedersén designates this library as ‘N3,’ the private library of the chief musicians. See O. Pedersén,
Archives and Libraries in Assur 507 , N3 no. 45.
See A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 415. The merchant house Spartali & Co. sold several large collections of
tablets to the British Museum in the later part of the 19th century. The second collection, Sp2, contained
tablets that were re-catalogued as BM34529-35494. On this see J.E. Reade, "Rassam's Babylonian Collec-
tion," xv-xvii.