Lpiritsi la XIth la mtundu wa Ninive la Epic of Gilgamesh, lofotokoza za kusefukira kwa madzi. Epic ya Gilgamesh ndi nkhani yopeka yochokera ku Mesopotamia. Imodzi mwa mabuku akale kwambiri amtundu wa anthu, mtundu wakale kwambiri wodziwika udalembedwa mu Akkadian ku Babelonia kuyambira zaka za zana la 18 mpaka 17 BCE. Wolemba zilembo za cuneiform pamiyala yadongo, umafotokoza zochitika za Gilgamesh, mfumu ya Uruk, mwina munthu wodziwika bwino m'mbiri yakale, koma mulimonsemo anali munthu wolimba mtima, komanso m'modzi mwa milungu yamphamvu ku Mesopotamia Zakale.
Epic ndi nkhani yokhudza chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi malire ake, moyo, imfa, ubwenzi, komanso zambiri nkhani yophunzira zodzutsidwa kwa ngwazi yake ku nzeru. Gawo loyambirira la nkhaniyi limafotokoza zamphamvu za Gilgamesh ndi mnzake Enkidu, yemwe amapambana chimphona Humbaba ndi Bull wakumwamba adawadzutsa ndi mulungu wamkazi Ishtar yemwe kupita patsogolo kwake kunakanidwa ndi ngwaziyo. Nkhaniyi imasintha ndikufa kwa Enkidu, chilango chomwe milungu idawachitira chifukwa choyipidwa. Gilgamesh ndiye akuyamba kufunafuna moyo wosafa, mpaka kumapeto kwa dziko lapansi komwe Uta-napishti wosafa amakhala, yemwe amamuphunzitsa kuti sangapeze zomwe akufuna koma amamuphunzitsa mbiri ya Chigumula kuti amatha kupatsira anthu ena onse.
