This first quote represents the beginning of the Epic of Gilgamesh as known from the 19th century onwards. The following one shows the text fully restored, in the form it achieved over 100 years later ...

Cuneiform / C.B.F. Walker -- Egyptian hieroglyphs / W.V. Davies -- Linear B / John Chadwick -- The early alphabet / John F. Healey -- Greek inscriptions / B.F. Cook ...