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When they arrived in Uruk-the-Sheepfold, Said Gilgamesh to him, to Ur-shanabi the boatman:
‘Oh Ur-Shanabi, climb Uruk’s wall and walk back and forth! Survey its foundations, examine the brickwork! Were not its bricks fired in an oven? Did the Seven Sages not lay its foundations?
A square mile is the city, a square mile date-grove, a square mile is Clay-pit, half a square mile the temple of Ishtar: Three square miles and a half is Uruk’s expanse.’
There is nothing here at all explicitly stating or showing that Gilgamesh has gained wisdom or understands that his legacy is his city. Although some find this meaning, others see the ending as inconclusive. Which view do you find valid?