These early Sumerian stories inspired the later and greater " Epic of Gilgamesh."

这些早期的苏美尔故事启发了后来更伟大的《吉尔伽美什史诗》。

The tablet features Kenya form inscriptions in Sumerian, the language of the ancient Mesopotamian civilization.

这块石碑以苏美尔语铭文的肯尼亚为特色，苏美尔语是美索不达米亚古代文明的语言。

With the oldest one being the Eridu Genesis, also known as the Sumerian Flood Myth from Mesopotamia.

最古老的是埃里度创世纪，也被称为美索不达米亚的苏美尔洪水神话。

It was found in an ancient Sumerian tomb.

它是在一个古老的苏美尔墓穴中发现的。

In the Sumerian literature, in the Acadian literature.

在苏美尔文学中，在阿卡迪亚文学中。

I'm wondering, like, what was the Sumerian word for fart ?

我想知道苏美尔语中“放屁”的意思是什么？

This stone tablet contains Sumerian writing.

这块石碑包含苏美尔文字。

But one of the most fascinating Sumerian myths is the King List.

但最引人入胜的苏美尔神话之一是国王名单。

Enheduanna set about unifying the older Sumerian culture with the newer Akkadian civilization.

Enheduanna 着手将古老的苏美尔文化与较新的阿卡德文明统一起来。

The Babylonians passed Sumerian inventions and traditions through along Hebrew, Greek, and Roman cultures.

巴比伦人将苏美尔人的发明和传统沿袭希伯来、希腊和罗马文化。

It started as a system of accounting for Sumerian merchants conducting business with traders abroad.

它最初是苏美尔商人与国外贸易商开展业务的会计系统。

But Sumerian culture lived on for thousands of years— first through the Akkadians, then the Assyrians, then the Babylonians.

但是苏美尔文化延续了数千年——首先是通过阿卡德人，然后是亚述人，然后是巴比伦人。

But Sargon respected Sumerian culture, and Akkadians and Sumerians existed side-by-side for centuries.

但是萨尔贡尊重苏美尔文化，阿卡德人和苏美尔人并存了几个世纪。

The Sumerian empire consisted of distinct city-states that operated like small nations.

苏美尔帝国由不同的城邦组成，这些城邦像小国家一样运作。

Ashurbanipal’s library took the form of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform in the languages of Akkadian and Sumerian.

Ashurbanipal 的图书馆采用粘土板的形式，上面刻有阿卡德语和苏美尔语的楔形文字。

The earliest version of the great flood myth written down that has been found so far is the Sumerian flood story, also known as the Eridu Genesis.

迄今为止发现的最早的大洪水神话是苏美尔人的洪水故事，也被称为《埃里度创世纪》。

In languages like Sumerian that have a small set of simple syllables, a few hundred symbols can represent anything you can say.

在像苏美尔语这样只有一小部分简单音节的语言中，几百个符号就可以代表你能说的任何话。

Plenty of literature deals with the subject, from the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamish to the poems of Homer and the writings of the Old Testament.

不论是苏美尔人的《《吉尔迦美什史诗》，还是荷马的诗歌，亦或是《旧约》，大量的文学作品都以此为主题。

According to the Sumerian King List, his reign lasted for 126 years and he was believed to have possessed super strength, all thanks to his divine lineage.

根据苏美尔王表，吉尔伽美什的统治持续了 126 年，他被认为拥有超强的力量，这一切都归功于神的血统。

He connected himself to the supreme deities of the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheons, Enlil and  Ishtar, with the latter being the Akkadian counterpart of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

他将自己与苏美尔和阿卡德万神殿的至高神恩利尔和伊什塔联系在一起，后者是苏美尔女神伊南娜的阿卡德对应物。