Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C.

Abzu Accadian air-god Enlil Ancient Orient Anunnaki Ashnan Babylonian Chiera contents copied creation cuneiform decipherment deity Dilmun Dumuzi Emesh Enki Enkidu Enlil Enmerkar Enten Erech Ereshkigal Eridu excavated farmer father Enlil gate gatekeeper gave birth Gilgamesh goddess gods heaven and earth heaven-god hymns Inanna Inanna's Descent inscribed inscriptions Isimud Istanbul JAOS king Lahar land Langdon language lapis lazuli Let not thy lines lord Martu material merian Mesopotamia messenger mountain nether world Ninhursag Ninlil Ninmah Ninshubur Nintu Ninurta Nippur Nippur collection open the house passage Philadelphia pickax pieces PLATE Poebel poem primeval sea published pure Inanna queen reconstructed represents the word river scribes script Semitic sketch story Sumer Sumerian literary compositions Sumerian literary tablets Sumerian literature Sumerian Mythology Sumerian word sun-god Utu tablets and fragments third millennium B. C. thou translation transliteration University Museum Uttu water-god Enki world she descended