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

CONTENTS List of Figures xii Sigla and Abbreviations xiii Introduction xv Chronological Chart xxi Atrahasis 1 The Epic of Gilgamesh, standard version 39 Old Babylonian version 136 The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld 154 Nergal and Ereshkigal, standard version 163 Amarna version 178 Adapa 182 Etana 189 Anzu, standard version 203 Old Babylonian version 222 The Epic of Creation 228 Theogony of Dunnu 278 Erra and Ishum 282 Glossary of Deities, Places and Key Terms 317 Select Bibliography 332 Supplementary Passages 338