LIthebhulethi ye-XIth yenguqulo yaseNineve ye-Epic of Gilgamesh, ekhuluma ngoZamcolo. I-Epic of Gilgamesh inganekwane ye-epic evela eMesopotamia. Omunye wemibhalo emidala kunayo yonke yesintu, inguqulo yokuqala eyaziwayo yabhalwa ngesi-Akkadian eBabiloni kusukela ngekhulu le-18 kuya kwele-17 BCE. Ibhalwe ngezinhlamvu ze-cuneiform ezibhebheni zobumba, ilandisa ngezigemegeme zikaGilgamesh, inkosi yase-Uruk, mhlawumbe umlingiswa onomlando ongokoqobo, kodwa noma kunjalo ungumuntu oyiqhawe, futhi futhi ungomunye wonkulunkulu ongapheli waseMesopotamiya Endulo.
I-Epic yindaba emayelana nesimo somuntu nemikhawulo yayo, impilo, ukufa, ubungani, futhi kabanzi indaba yokufunda ngokuvuswa kweqhawe layo ekuhlakanipheni. Ingxenye yokuqala yendaba ilandisa ngokuxhashazwa kukaGilgamesh nomngani wakhe u-Enkidu, onqoba i-Humbaba enkulu neBull yasezulwini evuse kubo unkulunkulukazi u-Ishtar ontuthuko yakhe yenqatshwa yiqhawe. Indaba iyashintsha ngokufa kuka-Enkidu, isijeziso esenziwe onkulunkulu ngokuhlukunyezwa okwenziwe kubo. UGilgamesh ube eseqala ukufuna ukungafi, afike ekugcineni komhlaba lapho kuhlala khona u-Uta-napishti ongafi, omfundisa ukuthi akasoze akuthole akufunayo kepha umfundisa umlando Uzamcolo angakudlulisela kwabanye abantu abafayo.
