Babylonian Creation Myths
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For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.”

Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia.

The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish ) and extensive indexes.

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Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2013
ISBN
9781575068619
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Tablet 1: Assyrian Sites Nineveh
  5. Tablet 2: (Ashurbanipal)
  6. Tablet 3: Assyrian Sites Nineveh
  7. Tablet 4: Assyrian Sites Nineveh (Ashurbanipal)
  8. Tablet 5: Assyrian Sites Nineveh
  9. Tablet 6: Assyrian Sites Assur
  10. Tablet 7: Assyrian Sites Nineveh
  11. Chapter 8: The Commentaries on Enūma Elišand the Triple-Column God-List
  12. Chapter 9: Marduk’s Names
  13. Chapter 10: The Organization of the Universe
  14. Chapter 11: The Conflicts
  15. Chapter 12: The Rise of Marduk in the Sumero-Babylonian Pantheon
  16. Chapter 13: Enmešarra’s Defeat
  17. Chapter 14: The Town of Zarpānītum
  18. Chapter 15: The Toil of Babylon
  19. Chapter 16: Uraš and Marduk
  20. Chapter 17: The Murder of Anšar?
  21. Chapter 18: Damkina’s Bond
  22. Chapter 19: The Defeat of Enutila, Enmešarra, and Qingu
  23. Chapter 20: Enki and Ninmaḫ
  24. Chapter 21: The Exaltation of Nabû
  25. Chapter 22: A Unilingual / Bilingual Account of Creation
  26. Chapter 23: The Slaying of Labbu
  27. Chapter 24: The Founding of Eridu
  28. Chapter 25: The First Brick
  29. Chapter 26: Another Dragon-Slaying Episode
  30. Chapter 27: The Theogony of Dunnu
  31. Chapter 28: The River Incantation
  32. Chapter 29: Mythological Introductions on Creation
  33. Chapter 30: The Theogonies of Enlil and Anu
  34. Chapter 31: Namma, Ningirimma, and Ninimma
  35. Chapter 32: The Composition of Enūma Eliš
  36. Chapter 33: Notes on Enūma Eliš
  37. Chapter 34: Notes on the Other Texts
  38. List of Cuneiform
  39. Index