This figure is a “fish in a cistern” and a “captured gazelle” in a text that describes him as being unable to sit, stand, or rise while “held fast by” Namtar’s door-bolt. This figure, who is “pre-eminent amongst ghosts,” becomes a judge of the dead and an Annunaki in a text titled for his “Death.” This son of Ninsun is foiled by moldy bread loaves, which proves that he fell asleep for six days and seven (-5[1])nights. After facing rejection from this figure, a deity threatens to raise the dead to secure the (*) Bull of Heaven from her father, An. A two-thirds divine heritage characterizes this figure whose quest for immortality ends after a snake swallows a flower as he bathes. This figure learns of the Great (10[1])Flood from the immortal Utnapishtim. For 10 points, what death-fearing king of Uruk names a Mesopotamian (10[1])epic? ■END■