Person

Sin-leqi-unninni

Sin-leqi-unninni was a Babylonian scholar and incantation priest of Uruk, traditionally credited with compiling the Standard Babylonian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in the late second millennium BCE. Scholarly families of Uruk in the Seleucid period claimed descent from him, and he is one of the earliest named authors or editors of a literary work.

Mentioned in 2 profiles

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sin-leqi-unninni. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sin-leqi-unninni
MLA
“Sin-leqi-unninni.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sin-leqi-unninni. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Sin-leqi-unninni.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sin-leqi-unninni.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sin-leqi-unninni’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sin-leqi-unninni (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻