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| List of illustrations | |
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| How to use this book | |
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| Chronological table | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The literature of ancient Sumer | |
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| The tablets of ancient Sumer | |
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| The scribes of ancient Sumer | |
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| The study of ancient Sumer | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Heroes and Kings | |
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| Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana | |
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| Lugalbanda in the mountain cave | |
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| Lugalbanda and the Anzud bird | |
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| Gilgames, Enkidu, and the Underworld | |
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| Sargon and Ur-Zababa | |
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| The building of Ningirsu's temple (extract) | |
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| An adab to An for Lipit-Estar | |
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| A prayer for Samsu-iluna | |
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| The death of Ur-Namma | |
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| Inana and Dumuzid | |
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| Inana's descent to the Underworld | |
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| Dumuzid's dream | |
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| Ploughing with the jewels | |
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| Dumuzid and Enkimdu | |
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| A love song for Su-Suen | |
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| Inana and Isme-Dagan | |
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| A hymn to Inana | |
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| Enlil and Ninlil | |
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| Enlil and Ninlil | |
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| Enlil and Sud | |
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| Enlil and Nam-zid-tara | |
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| Sulgi and Ninlil's barge | |
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| The cursing of Agade | |
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| The Moon-God Nanna-Suen | |
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| The lament for Sumer and Urim | |
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| A balbale to Nanna | |
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| A sir-namgala to Nanna | |
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| The herds of Nanna | |
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| Nanna-Suen's journey to Nibru | |
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| The Warrior Gods Nergal, Numusda, and Ninurta | |
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| The dedication of an axe to Nergal | |
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| An adab to Nergal for Su-ilisu | |
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| A hymn to Numusda for Sin-iqisam | |
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| Ninurta's exploits | |
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| Ninurta's return to Nibru | |
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| A balbale to Ninurta | |
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| Love and Sex | |
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| Lu-digira's message to his mother | |
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| A lullaby for a son of Sulgi | |
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| A tigi to Nintud-Aruru | |
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| Inana and Su-kale-tuda | |
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| A love song for Isme-Dagan | |
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| A balbale to Inana and Dumuzid | |
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| The Natural Order | |
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| The Flood story | |
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| Enki and the world order | |
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| The debate between Sheep and Grain | |
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| The debate between Bird and Fish | |
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| The heron and the turtle | |
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| The home of the fish | |
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| The Hymnic Genres | |
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| An adab to Bau for Isme-Dagan | |
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| A balbale to Ningiszida | |
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| A kungar to Inana and Dumuzid | |
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| A sir-gida to Ninisina | |
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| A sir-namgala to Ninisina for Lipit-Estar | |
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| A sir-namsub to Utu | |
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| A sir-namursaga to Inana for Iddin-Dagan | |
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| A sir-sag-hula to Damgalnuna | |
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| A tigi to Enki for Ur-Ninurta | |
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| An ululumama to Suen for Ibbi-Suen | |
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| Scribes and Learning | |
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| A supervisor's advice to a young scribe | |
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| Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Ilum-puzura | |
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| Proverbs: collection 25 | |
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| The instructions of Suruppag | |
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| A hymn to Nisaba | |
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| A hymn to Haia for Rim-Sin | |
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| A hymn to Ninkasi | |
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| The Decad, a Scribal Curriculum | |
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| Literary catalogue from Nibru | |
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| A praise poem of Sulgi | |
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| A praise poem of Lipit-Estar | |
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| The song of the hoe | |
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| The exaltation of Inana | |
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| Enlil in the E-kur | |
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| The Kes temple hymn | |
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| Enki's journey to Nibru | |
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| Inana and Ebih | |
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| A hymn to Nungal | |
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| Gilgames and Huwawa | |
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| Other thematic groupings | |
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| Index of compositions by ETCSL catalogue number | |
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| Glossary of Sumerian names | |