{"id":24675,"date":"2014-06-19T15:41:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T19:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=24675"},"modified":"2014-06-19T15:41:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T19:41:04","slug":"epic-of-gilgamesh-sung-in-sumerian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/06\/epic-of-gilgamesh-sung-in-sumerian.html","title":{"rendered":"Epic of Gilgamesh Sung in Sumerian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>The above video, featuring Peter Pringle singing the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh in the original language while playing a replica of an ancient Sumerian instrument is very cool. Below is another video in which he plays a replica of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterpringle.com\/megiddo.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a lyre depicted on a relief in Megiddo<\/a> in Israel.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lyre Of Megiddo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27opcKxcg1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>HT <a href=\"http:\/\/the-cultural-mosiac.tumblr.com\/post\/88918920065\/the-epic-of-gilgamesh-in-sumerian\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Cultural Mosaic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above video, featuring Peter Pringle singing the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh in the original language while playing a replica of an ancient Sumerian instrument is very cool. Below is another video in which he plays a replica of a lyre depicted on a relief in Megiddo in Israel. HT The Cultural Mosaic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,63],"tags":[3094,3948,6806,7232,9009],"class_list":["post-24675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-music","tag-epic","tag-gilgamesh","tag-lyre","tag-megiddo","tag-peter-pringle"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Epic of Gilgamesh Sung in Sumerian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The above video, featuring Peter Pringle singing the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh in the original language while playing a replica of an ancient Sumerian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/06\/epic-of-gilgamesh-sung-in-sumerian.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Epic of Gilgamesh Sung in Sumerian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The above video, featuring Peter Pringle singing the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh in the original language while playing a replica of an ancient Sumerian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/06\/epic-of-gilgamesh-sung-in-sumerian.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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