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  • Sumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum

    Bel, Sin, Adad and Tammuz, with Commentary

    Series series Chronicles & Essays
    Complete and unabridged, with 60 full-page plates by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Giovanni Paolo Panini. Sumerian hymns to Bel, Sin, Adad and Tammuz, given in transliteration and translation with a commentary on every line and the cuneiform signs at the back. Vanderburgh worked from the tablets in the British Museum and published this in 1908, when the language was still being ... Read more

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  • Sumerian Hymns

    The gods honored in the hymns treated in the following Thesis are Bêl, Sin (Nannar), Adad (Ramman) and Tammuz, all deities of the old Babylonian pantheon, representing different phases of personality and force, conceived of as incorporated in nature and as affecting the destinies of men. These gods are severally designated in the hymns as follows:in Tablet 13963, Rev. 1, “O Bêl of the mountains; ... Read more

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  • Sumerian Hymns

    The gods honored in the hymns treated in the following Thesis are Bel, Sin (Nannar), Adad (Ramman) and Tammuz, all deities of the old Babylonian pantheon, representing different phases of personality and force, conceived of as incorporated in nature and as affecting the destinies of men. These gods are severally designated in the hymns as follows: in Tablet 13963, Rev. 1, "O Bel of the mountains;" ... Read more

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2100 BC), it is often regarded as the first great work of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about 'Bilgamesh' (Sumerian for 'Gilgamesh'), king of Uruk. These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic.The story ... Read more

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  • The Babylonian Saga of Gilgamesh

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    The Gilgamesh Epic is the most notable literary product of Babylonia as yet discovered in the mounds of Mesopotamia. It recounts the exploits and adventures of a favorite hero, and in its final form covers twelve tablets, each tablet consisting of six columns (three on the obverse and three on the reverse) of about 50 lines for each column, or a total of about 3600 lines. Of this total, however, ... Read more

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  • The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

    Enriched edition. Unraveling Ancient Mesopotamian Creation Myths

    E. A. Wallis Budge's "The Babylonian Legends of the Creation" delves into the rich tapestry of Mesopotamian mythology, specifically focusing on the legendary narratives surrounding creation as recounted in ancient Babylonian texts. This scholarly work is marked by its careful translation and interpretation of several cuneiform inscriptions, revealing the intricate cosmology that underpinned ... Read more

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  • The Epic of Gilgamesh

    In the year 1914 the University Museum secured by purchase a large six column tablet nearly complete, carrying originally, according to the scribal note, 240 lines of text. The contents supply the South Babylonian version of the second book of the epic ša nagba imuru, “He who has seen all things,” commonly referred to as the Epic of Gilgamish. The tablet is said to have been found at Senkere, ... Read more

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  • Enuma Elis

    The Seven Tablets of Creation

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    King's Enuma Elis: The Seven Tablets of Creation is an amazing translation of the Babylonian creation myth. ... Read more

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  • Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms

    With the publication of the texts included in this the last part of volume X, Sumerian Liturgical and Epical Texts, the writer arrives at a definite stage in the interpretation of the religious material in the Nippur collection. Having been privileged to examine the collection in Philadelphia as well as that in Constantinople, I write with a sense of responsibility in giving to the public a brief ... Read more

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  • The Babylonian Genesis

    A complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the Babylonian creation stories, both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian.Each Babylonian creation account contained in this comprehensive volume is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the age and provenance of the tablets, as well as the aim and purpose of the story. Also included is a translation and discussion of two ... Read more

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  • Semitic Magic

    Its Origins and Development

    A study of magical practices including direct translations of spells, rituals, and incantations from ancient Western Asia.Using knowledge preserved in cuneiform incantation tablets from Assyria, aided by Rabbinic tradition, Syriac writings, and Arabic tales, R. Campbell Thompson tracks early magical practices through 3000 years to its vestigial traces in contemporary society. ... Read more

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  • The Seven Tablets of Creation

    The Seven Tablets of CreationBy Leonard William King"This is L.W. Kings' authoritative work on the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation myth. This text includes the complete introduction, and the English text of the Enuma Elish and other related texts, with selected footnotes. The Enuma Elish is the earliest written creation myth, in which the God Marduk battles the chaos Goddess Tiamat and her ... Read more

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