Humbaba
c. 2100 BCE – 100 BCEattested
Cedar Forest, Mesopotamia
- Mesopotamian
Guardian of the Cedar Forest appointed by Enlil, whose face was described as a single coiling line, like intestines or a labyrinth. Gilgamesh killed him for timber and glory.
Known for
- guardian of the cedars
- the face like a coiled gut
- killed for glory and wood
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.