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

Abzu Accadian air-god Ancient Orient Anunnaki Ashnan Babylonian Chiera contents creation cuneiform decipherment deity Dilmun dragon Dumuzi Emesh Enki Enkidu Enlil Enmerkar Enten epic tale epics and myths Erech Ereshkigal Eridu excavated farmer father Enlil gate gatekeeper Gilgamesh goddess gods grain hast thou seen heaven and earth hymns Inanna Inanna's Descent inscribed inscriptions Isimud Istanbul JAOS king Lahar land Langdon language lapis lazuli Let not thy lines maid Inanna Martu merian Mesopotamia messenger mountain Nammu nether world Ninhursag Ninlil Ninmah Ninshubur Ninurta Nippur collection open the house Oriental Institute passage Persian Philadelphia pickax pieces PLATE Poebel poem pure Inanna queen represents the word river scribes script Semitic significant sons hast thou story Sumer Sumerian language Sumerian literary compositions Sumerian literary tablets Sumerian literature Sumerian mythology Sumerian word tablets and fragments third millennium B. C. tion transliteration University Museum world she descended