Ancient Near East

Translations of mythological and historical texts from the Ancient Near East.

by L.W. King · 1902

The Babylonian creation saga, one of the earliest written myths.

by L. W. King · 1902

The Babylonian creation saga.

by R. C. Thompson · 1903

by L.W. King · 1915

The earliest known legal code, considered the basis of many Near Eastern legal systems.

by Herbert A. Strong · 1913

Lucian of Samosata's account of Astarte worship in the late classical era, in what is now Turkey.

by E. A. Wallis Budge · 1921

The text of the Babylonian creation myth.

by R. Campbell Thompson · 1928

The first complete academic translation of Gilgamesh.

by George Smith · 1873

A historic article in which the discovery of the Babylonian Deluge account was announced, an episode from the Gilgamesh myth.

by George Smith · 1876

Early translations of key texts: the Enuma Elish, the Descent of Ishtar, and the Gilgamesh saga, including the Babylonian Flood.

by Leonidas Le Cenci Hamilton · 1884

An early translation of the Gilgamesh myth.

by R. W. Rogers · 1912

A fragment of the Gilgamesh saga.

by M. Jastrow · 1915

A pivotal episode in the Gilgamesh saga involving the Goddess Ishtar.

by E. A. Wallis Budge · 1929

A short pamphlet which contains the 'Deluge' portion of the Gilgamesh epic and a summary of the rest of the text.