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 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 epic? ■END■