Who is there, my friend, can climb to the sky?
Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight.
As for man, his days are numbered,
whatever he may do, it is but wind.
Tablet III of the Old-Babylonian version
Oct 5, 2018
Oct 5, 2018 at 12:31 PM UTC
Who is there, my friend, can climb to the sky?
Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight.
As for man, his days are numbered,
whatever he may do, it is but wind.
Tablet III of the Old-Babylonian version
Tablet III of the Old-Babylonian version
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