#OTD in 1872.
Assyriologist George Smith presents the first translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh to a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London. In 1875 and 1876 he published fuller translations, the latter of which was published as The Chaldaean Account of Genesis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
The Chaldean account of Genesis at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60559
