A Mesopotamian clay tablet discovered by Dr. Wilhelm Krieger on the same 1936 expedition to El Qashira as was Cuneiform D, the Tablets are also in the same pseudo-cuneiform as that tablet was. The Tablets of Gilgamesh are currently kept at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. and are studied by mythologists the world over.

It tells the legend of Gilgamesh, the god-king, but is unusual in two respects: for one, the legend of Gilgamesh was not known to date to Sumerian times, and also the tablet tells a highly unusual version of the myth. Certain features--the encounter with the giant Khumbaba, the "hairy man" Enkidu, and others--are paralleled in existing versions of the myth, but one is not.

The Tablets describe how the king encountered the demon lord Pazuzu and his servants, the Utukku. Another demoness, Tiamat (also not known previously to be Sumerian), aided Gilgamesh and Enkidu in their battle with the demonic forces, Pazuzu unleashing the Tablets of Destiny and invoking their power. Pazuzu was eventually slain and Tiamat reclaimed the Tablets.

Reading the Tablets grants an experience check in Mythology.

Spells: Calling Up of the Eagle's Children (Summon/Bind Utukku).

(-0/1 sanity; +0 Mythos; x1 spells; 10 weeks.)