{"collection":"Ancient Near East","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/index.htm","path":"ane/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ane/index.htm","text":"the Ancient Near East General Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald A. Mackenzie [1915] A massive survey of the religion, culture, and history of the ancient Near East. The Religion Of Babylonia And Assyria by Theophilus G. Pinches 159,537 bytes Legends of Babylonia and Egypt by Leonard W. King 396,030 bytes [1916] Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer [1944, 1961] The Philistines, Their History and Civilization by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister [1913] What is known about the ancient and enigmatic Philistine people? Texts Records of the Past Translations of mythological and historical texts from the Ancient Near East. The Seven Tablets of Creation by L.W. King [1902] The Babylonian creation saga, one of the earliest written myths. The Enuma Elish (The Epic of Creation) translated by L. W. King [1902] The Babylonian creation saga. The Seven Evil Spirits translated by R. C. Thompson [1903] The Code of Hammurabi translated by L.W. King [1915]. The earliest known legal code, considered the basis of many Near Eastern legal systems. The Syrian Goddess translated by Herbert A. Strong [1913] Lucian of Samosata's account of Astarte worship in the late classical era, in what is now Turkey. The Babylonian Legends of Creation by E. A. Wallis Budge [1921] The text of the Babylonian creation myth. Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamish by R. Campbell Thompson [1928] The first complete academic translation of Gilgamesh. The Chaldean Account of the Deluge by George Smith [1873] A historic article in which the discovery of the Babylonian Deluge account was announced, an episode from the Gilgamesh myth. The Chaldean Account of Genesis by George Smith [1876] Early translations of key texts: the Enuma Elish, the Descent of Ishtar, and the Gilgamesh saga, including the Babylonian Flood. Ishtar and Izdubar {Gilgamesh} by Leonidas Le Cenci Hamilton. [1884] An early translation of the Gilgamesh myth. Adapa and the food of Life Translated by R. W. Rogers [1912] A fragment of the Gilgamesh saga. Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World translated by M. Jastrow [1915] A pivotal episode in the Gilgamesh saga involving the Goddess Ishtar. The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish. by E. A. Wallis Budge [1929] A short pamphlet which contains the 'Deluge' portion of the Gilgamesh epic and a summary of the rest of the text. Links The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature An excellent academic repository of Sumerian texts [External Site]. We also recommend: Ancient Near Eastern Religion: Frequently Asked Questions [External Site]: The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ The Canaanite Mythology FAQ The Hittite Mythology Reference Sumerian Mythology FAQ","title":"Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East","type":"page"}