Question
George Smith supposedly ran around nude hooting and hollering after translating part of a text titled for this man, though a book by David Damrosch speculates he simply loosened his collar. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this legendary king of Uruk whose friendship with Enkidu is documented in a 12-tablet Akkadian-language “epic.”
ANSWER: Gilgamesh
[10h] The mysterious 12th tablet of the Gilgamesh epic refers to the loss of these two items given to Gilgamesh by Ishtar, which the spirit of Enkidu promises to recover. Give either Akkadian name for the two items, believed to be a drum and drumstick.
ANSWER: pukku OR mikku
[10m] Tablet 6 of the epic and a separate Sumerian poem both describe Gilgamesh’s fight with this beast, which is sent by either Innana or Ishtar after he rejects their sexual advances.
ANSWER: Bull of Heaven [prompt on bull]
<Taylor Harvey, Mythology>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo | 10/28/2023 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Oklahoma A | Oklahoma B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A | Rice | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas B | Texas C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |