THE OLDEST RELIGIOUS TEXT FROM BABYLONIA?
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian, Early Akkadian Period, ca 2350 BCE Source: Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions, By Prof. George A. Barton, 1918 Full Text Below COLUMN I 1. He came forth, 2. from Kesh …
ANE Hymns, Prayers, and Religious Lit
Ancient Near Eastern Hymns, Prayers, and Religious Literature (ca 2400 BCE – ca 400 BCE)
TO THE STAR REGULUS
Origin/Historian/Author: Assyrian Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted by: Morris Jastrow, …
BABYLONIAN CULT SYMBOLS
Origin/Historian/Author: Kassite Babylonian (ca. 1400 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919 (Ni. 6060) Full Text Below 1. The vessel of holy water ….. [of the gods] …
A PRAYER TO TASMITU
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted by: Morris Jastrow, …
A PRAYER TO NABU IN SICKNESS
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted by: Morris Jastrow, …
HYMN OF THE TAMMUZ CULT
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian (ca. 1900 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919 Full Text Below OBVERSE 1. ….. 2. Oh strong one [ ] 3. Thy weary foot …
A KING’S PRAYER TO THE MOON-GOD
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, L. W. King, 1896 Full Text Below 1. O Sin! Nannar! mighty one ….. 2. O Sin, who art unique, thou that brightenest …
HYMN TO SIN, THE MOON GOD
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Translated by Zimmern, Hymnen, EG Perry, and Ungdad in Gressmann. Full Text Below Lord, chief of the gods, …
LITURGICAL HYMN TO SIN
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian (ca. 2000 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919 Full Text Below OBVERSE 5. His city(?) the abode of Ur as a name he named. …
PSALM TO THE GOD AMURRU
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian Source: Sumerian Liturgical Texts, by Steven Langdon, 1917 Full Text Below OBVERSE 1. The great god, on the hills, on the hills advances. 2. The god of the …
HYMN TO RAMMAN, THE WEATHER GOD
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction: This powerful hymn, written in Sumerian, belongs to a remote period of antiquity, perhaps as early as …
A PRAYER TO NERGAL
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, L. W. King, 1896 Full Text Below 1. O mighty lord, hero, first-born of NU.NAM.NIR! 2. Prince of the Anunnaki, lord of the …
A PRAYER TO NINIB
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, L. W. King, 1896 Full Text Below 11. O mighty son, first-born of Bel 12. Powerful, perfect, offspring of Isara, 13. Who art …
THE SEVEN NAMES OF LAMASHTU
Origin/Historian/Author: Akkadian (ca. 2100 BCE) Source: Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale, 1884 Full Text Below Lamaštu, Daughter of Anu is her first name; The second is Sister of the God …
PRAYER OF THE RAISING OF THE HAND TO ISHTAR
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian (ca 1700 BCE) Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted …
AN INCANTATION TO ISHTAR
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian (ca 1700 BCE) Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted …
HYMN TO ISHTAR
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Myths of Babylonia and Assyria, Donald A. MacKenzie Introduction This prayer is dedicated to the goddess Ishtar. It appears as though this text was recorded sometime during …
PRAYER TO ISHTAR
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted by: Morris Jastrow, …
ORGANIZATION OF THE HEAVENS
Origin/Historian/Author: Old Babylonian (ca. 1800 BCE) Source: Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale, 1884 Introduction This Old Babylonian text comes to us on a single tablet with no breaks or damages …
THE SEVEN NAMES OF ISHTAR
Origin/Historian/Author: Old Babylonian (ca. 1800 BCE) Source: Sumerisch-babylonische Hymnen, By G. Reisner, 1896 Introduction This short text was recorded during the Old Babylonian period and features the goddess Ishtar. In …