Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and OthersStephanie Dalley Oxford University Press, 1998 - 339 pages The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the tale of a man of great strength, whose heroic quest for immortality is dashed through one moment of weakness. Recent developments in Akkadian grammar and lexicography mean that this new translation--complete with notes, a glossary of deities, place-names, and key terms, and illustrations of the mythical monsters featured in the text--will replace all other versions. |
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... been added at the end of the introduction to The Epic of Gilgamesh . In note 21 on p . 275 an important collation of one damaged sign has required a change showing that Ashur's chariot contained not the king Sennacherib but the Preface ix.
... been added at the end of the introduction to The Epic of Gilgamesh . In note 21 on p . 275 an important collation of one damaged sign has required a change showing that Ashur's chariot contained not the king Sennacherib but the Preface ix.
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... king Sennacherib but the god's victorious weapons in the cosmic battle celebrated in Assyria at the New Year Festival . The important new evidence for the storm - god of Aleppo as hero of a cosmic battle against the Sea in the time of ...
... king Sennacherib but the god's victorious weapons in the cosmic battle celebrated in Assyria at the New Year Festival . The important new evidence for the storm - god of Aleppo as hero of a cosmic battle against the Sea in the time of ...
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... kings or on long trading caravans gave time and opportunity for telling stories , which even in their earliest written forms show the influence of ' contest ' literature , one of the earliest Sumerian literary forms known , in a spirit ...
... kings or on long trading caravans gave time and opportunity for telling stories , which even in their earliest written forms show the influence of ' contest ' literature , one of the earliest Sumerian literary forms known , in a spirit ...
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... kings of Assyria who ruled from Nineveh in the early seventh century BC stocked the libraries of their palaces and temples with copies taken from texts in the temple libraries of Babylonia . Because of the looting and copying , tablets ...
... kings of Assyria who ruled from Nineveh in the early seventh century BC stocked the libraries of their palaces and temples with copies taken from texts in the temple libraries of Babylonia . Because of the looting and copying , tablets ...
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Common terms and phrases
Adad Adapa Addressed his words Akkadian alewife Anshar Anunnaki Anzu Apsu assembly Assyria Atrahasis Babylon battle Berossus Bull of Heaven cattle created cult centres death door dream dwelling eagle Ekur Ellil Enki Enkidu Epic of Creation epithet Ereshkigal Eridu Erra and Ishum Etana face father Flood gate Gilgamesh spoke goddess gods heard and spoke Hittite Humbaba Huwawa Igigi Ishtar Ishum Kakka king kingship Lahmu land lapis lazuli lines missing listened looked Lord mankind mantle of radiance Marduk Mesopotamia millennium mother mountain myth Namtar Nergal Nergal and Ereshkigal night Nineveh Ninsun Ninurta Nusku Old Babylonian Qingu rites roam open country sage seven Shamash Shamhat shrines sleep slew speech Sumerian story Tablet of Destinies temple Tiamat took translation Underworld Ur-shanabi Uruk Ut-napishtim utterance vizier voice heard warrior Erra weapons weep wild winds young