ENKIDU • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Enkidu

... date from an earlier period than the seventh century B.C. But archaeological evidence has long shown that the traditions themselves were current during all periods of Babylonian history; for Gilgamesh and his half-human friend Enkidu were favourite subjects for the seal-engraver, whether he lived in Sumerian times or under the Achaemenian kings of Persia. We have also, for some years now, possessed two early fragments of the Deluge narrative, proving that the story was known to the Semitic inhabitants of the country at ...

— Legends Of Babylon And Egypt - In Relation To Hebrew Tradition • Leonard W. King