Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia (Penguin Classics)
by N. K. Sandars (Translator)
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The creation myths of ancient Babylon, songs chanted at each New Year celebration to reaffirm the sovereignty of the god Marduk by reciting the story of how he came to rule. Other pieces, including the myth of Inanna's descent into the underworld are included.
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- Original publication date
- 1971
- Important places
- Mesopotamia
- Dedication
- TO NAN (F.K.D.)
For so much - First words
- When there was no heaven,
no earth, no height, no depth, no name,
when Apsu waslone,
the sweet water, the first begetter; and Tiamat
the bitter water, and that return to the womb, her Mummu, when there were no god... (show all)s -
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- Poetry, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 892.1 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Afro-Asiatic literatures Akkadia, Babylon, Mesopotamia, and Sumer
- LCC
- PJ3953 .S3 — Language and Literature Oriental languages and literatures Oriental philology and literature Assyriology. Akkadian Literature. Inscriptions
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- Languages
- Akkadian, English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 1
- ASINs
- 2
