Jules-Justin Sauveplane (1862–1928) was a French priest and historian.
Biography Jules-Justin Sauveplane studied at the École des langues orientales and the École pratique des Hautes Études. A specialist of Biblical studies and of the ancient East, he published one of the first French translations of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Une épopée babylonienne, 1893), in the Revue des Religions. He later supported his thesis on this topic (Sur l'épopée babylonienne de Gilgamès), under the direction of Joseph Halévy, in front of a jury including Gaston Maspero and Jules Oppert on 2 July 1894.
Main works 1893: Une épopée babylonienne. Is-Tu-Bar - Gilgamès. 1894: Sur l'épopée babylonienne de Gilgamès.
Sources Revue d'histoire de l'église de France, page 433, Société d'histoire ecclésiastique de la France, v.77, no.199, 1991 Polybiblion : Revue bibliographique universelle, page 144, 1928
External links Une épopée babylonienne on Youscribe Jules-Justin Sauveplane on Wikisource