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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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  • An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic

    An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Morris Jastrow and Albert Tobias Clay presents a scholarly examination of one of the world's oldest literary masterpieces. The Gilgamesh Epic, originating from ancient Mesopotamia, tells the story of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, and his quest for immortality.This edition focuses on the Old Babylonian version of the epic, providing translations, ... Read more

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  • The Babylonian Legends of the Creation. Illustrated

    The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by E. A. Wallis Budge is a fascinating scholarly exploration of the ancient Mesopotamian myths concerning the origin of the world, the gods, and humanity. Based on cuneiform tablets discovered in the ruins of Nineveh and other ancient Near Eastern sites, this important work presents translations and interpretations of the Babylonian creation narratives, ... 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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    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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    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 Creation" is a book written by Leonard William King. It is a translation and commentary on the Enuma Elish, an ancient Mesopotamian epic that describes the creation of the world and the rise of the gods.The Enuma Elish is written on seven clay tablets and dates back to the second millennium BCE. It is considered one of the oldest recorded creation myths, originating from ... Read more

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