Myths from Mesopotamia : Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others

by: Dalley, S.

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Myths from Mesopotamia : creation, the flood, Gilgamesh, and others

Author:Stephanie Dalley

Summary:This pathbreaking work uncovers new translations of the main myths and epics written in Akkadian, including the Creation myths and the epic of Gilgamesh. The deities and heroes which figure in these stories are all of ancient Mesopotamia, and many of the original clay tablets, on which the stories were first inscribed, were discovered there. A striking collection of accurate and up-to-date renderings of the best-preserved cuneiform texts in current, readable English and discoveries of both new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography during the last twenty-five years, these translations will inevitably replace all previous versions. The book provides introductions to each item--giving insight into the sources and datings of the texts; notes to guide the reader through difficulties; an up-to-date glossary of deities, place-names and key terms; a chronological chart and map; and illustrations of some of the mythical monsters that are mentioned in the stories

xix, 337 pages : 1 illustration, map ; 22 cm

Contents:
Atrahasis
The Epic of Gilgamesh (standard version and Old Babylonian version)
The descent of Ishtar to the underworld
Nergal and Ereshkigal (standard version and Amarna version)
Adapa
Etana
Anzu (standard version and Old Babylonian version)
The epic of creation
Theogony of Dunnu
Erra and Ishum

Subjects:
Assyro-Babylonian literature
Civilización asirio babilónica
Iraq History To 634
Mesopotamian myths, ancient period
Mesopotamien
Mythologie
Mythologie assyro-babylonienne
Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian
Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian Sources

Myths from Mesopotamia : Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others

by: Dalley, S.

• ISBN-13: 9780192817891 / 978-0-19-281789-1
• ISBN-03: 0192817892 / 0-19-281789-2
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992

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Krankenpflege in der griechisch-romischen Antike : Zwischen Arztassistenz, familiarer Fursorge und christlicher Wohltatigkeit

by: Hartz, J.

• ISBN-13: 9783515137898 / 978-3-515-13789-8
• ISBN-03: 3515137890 / 3-515-13789-0
• Franz Steiner, Stuttgart, 2025