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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
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message 1: by Annette (new) - added it

Annette The publication date for Stephen Mitchell's translation of Gilgamesh is, I suppose, indicating when Gilgamesh itself was written in Ancient Sumeria (about 1700 BCE). Boy, would it be helpful to my understanding of my book stats if someone could change it to the publication of that specific translation (2004).


message 2: by Dobby (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 7931 comments ISBN 9780743261647 Gilgamesh: A New English Version is a Stephen Mitchell translation with a 2004 publication date. Were you referring to a different edition? If so, please provide a link. The edition linked in the topic has a pub date of 2006.


message 3: by Annette (new) - added it

Annette I may be mistaken and the edition is from 2006. In any case, not having the pub date off by millennia would help me see the scatter plot of books by date in my "Book Stats" section.


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Annette wrote: "In any case, not having the pub date off by millennia would help me see the scatter plot of books by date in my "Book Stats" section."

That feature uses the original publication date of the work as a whole.


message 5: by Annette (new) - added it

Annette Well, it's inconsistent then because I read a translation of The Odyssey that doesn't show up as that old. But whatever...given that the stats feature can't be zoomed in or out either, I guess it's just useless to me.


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