Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian, ca 2300 BCE Source: Records of the Past, 2nd Series, Vol. IV (1890) Introduction by Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce Besides the story of the Creation in a series …

Origin/Historian/Author: Neo-Sumerian – Old Babylonian Source: The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria, M. Jastrow Introduction The Descent of Ishtar myth was recorded throughout the Neo-Sumerian to the old Babylonian Periods. …

Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction This myth comes down to us on two fragments found at Tell-el-Amarna, in 1887. It was originally …

Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction This myth is preserved upon four fragments, three of which once belonged to the library of the …

Origin/Historian/Author: Old Babylonian – Late Sumerian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction Here we have a two-part Late Sumerian to Early Babylonian Period text (ca …

Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction This Babylonian Period text was published by Delitzsch and translated by LW King. There was another early …

Origin/Historian/Author: Assyrian, ca 700 BCE Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction This Assyrian text was inscribed on a building discovered by the Deutsche Orientgesellschaft. It …

Origin/Historian/Author: Assyrian, ca 700 BCE Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction This text, which dates back to the reign of Sennacherib in the 8th century …

Origin/Historian/Author: Middle Assyrian Period Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction The cosmology of the Assyrians is rooted in the cosmology of the Babylonians, and developed …

Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction This fragmentary ritual found at Babylon was first published bv F. H. Weissbach, Babylonische MiszeUen 1903, Tafel …

Origin/Historian/Author: Early Kassite Babylonian (ca 1600 BCE) Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. Full Text Below (3) The holy house, the …

Origin/Historian/Author: Neo Sumerian – Babylonian Source: – Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, T. G. Pinches, 1891 – Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek, P. Jensen, 1900 – The Seven Tablets of Creation, L. …

Origin/Historian/Author: Neo Sumerian – Old Babylonian Source: – Die sumerischen Parallelen zur biblischen Urgeschichte, S. Landersdorfer, 1917 – Le poème sumérien du paradis, S. Langdon, 1919 – Sumerian Reading Book, …

Origin/Historian/Author: Sumer, Temple Library of Nippur, ca 2300 BCE Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of …

Origin/Historian/Author: Neo Sumerian, (ca 2100 BCE) Source: Der Alte Orient, 1899-1927 Introduction This Sumerian text features Enki and Ninmah, just before the creation of Man. It is one of the …

Origin/Historian/Author: Sumer, Temple Library Nippur, ca 2500 BCE Source: Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions, By Prof. George A. Barton, 1918 Introduction Excavated from the temple library of the ancient city Nippur, this …

Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian, ca 1300 BCE Source: The Seven Tablets of Creation, By L. W. King, 1902 Introduction The Babylonian Enuma Elish consists of 7 tablets. Some of the earliest complete …

Origin/Historian/Author: Ashur, Middle Assyrian Period Source: The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, By D. D. Luckenbill, 1921 Introduction Among the many variations of the Enuma Elish, here we …