2 ms·The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in plain text.by amiga1200 5y agoThe Epic of Gilgamesh was written in plain text.wl 5y agoIn a complicated, undocumented format that had to be reverse-engineered (Sumerian/Akkadian/Hittite cuneiform).CRConrad 5y agoAnd those clay tablets were all craggly-surfaced and far too thick to fit in my DVD player! Shabby archivists, those Babylonians.