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#Immortality

Deathlessness itself: the food or plant that confers it, and the mortal attempt to seize it.

Neo-Sumerian diorite statue of the ruler Gudea of Lagash, seated with hands clasped in prayer at his chest, wearing a brimmed fleece cap and a fringed cloak over one shoulder; his lap and skirt are covered with columns of cuneiform, his bare feet resting on the base.
Mesop.

The Death of Gilgamesh

The strongest king who ever lived is dying in his own bed, and in a dream he must stand before the gods and hear them decide what a man is allowed to keep.

7 minThe Death of Gilgameš