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Mesopotamian
Sacred texts from ancient Mesopotamia, including epics, hymns, and mythological literature.
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Texts
GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Mesopotamian shelf.Introduction to Mesopotamian ReligionA source-critical introduction to the sacred literature of ancient Mesopotamia — its gods, scribes, clay tablets, city cults, royal libraries, and surviving textual witnesses.Reader's Guide to MesopotamianA reader guide to the Mesopotamian shelf in the Good Works Library.The Father and His Son duplicate of Put-Ishtar dialogueFirst English translation of YBC 2394 — an Old Babylonian wisdom dialogue between a father (Put-Ishtar) and his son, ending with a lament on the death of Naram-Sin and a curse tablet.
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