The Babylonian shelf gathers Akkadian and Babylonian epics, theology, law, prayers, omens, scholarly texts, and wisdom.

Main Doorways

• Epics - start with Babylonian/Epics/The Epic of Gilgamesh, Babylonian/Epics/The Atrahasis, and Babylonian/Epics/The Enuma Elish.
• Ishtar and the Gods - start with Babylonian/Ishtar and the Gods/The Descent of Ishtar, Babylonian/Ishtar and the Gods/Descent of the Goddess Ishtar — M. Jastrow, and Babylonian/Ishtar and the Gods/The Syncretistic Hymn to Nanaya.
• Laments and Prayers - start with Babylonian/Laments and Prayers/A Penitential Psalm and Babylonian/Laments and Prayers/An Ershemma to Ishtar.
• Law and Kingship - start with Babylonian/Law and Kingship/The Code of Hammurabi — L.W. King.
• Myths and Prophecy - start with Babylonian/Myths and Prophecy/The Marduk Prophecy.
• Omens and Scholarly Texts - start with Babylonian/Omens and Scholarly Texts/A Dream Omen Tablet, Babylonian/Omens and Scholarly Texts/The Diviner's Manual, and Babylonian/Omens and Scholarly Texts/The Three Stars Each.
• Prayers and Incantations - start with Babylonian/Prayers and Incantations/A Prayer to Marduk, Babylonian/Prayers and Incantations/A Prayer to Shamash, and Babylonian/Prayers and Incantations/The Naming of Every Sin (Surpu II).
• Wisdom - start with Babylonian/Wisdom/Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi and Babylonian/Wisdom/The Dialogue of Put-Ishtar and His Son.

Across the Library

Read this shelf beside Sumerian for inherited gods, older poems, and bilingual scribal culture. Read it beside Assyrian for Neo-Assyrian court use, Nineveh library copies, and royal scholarly practice.