Babylonian creation myths
By: W.G. Lambert
Series: Mesopotamian civilizations -- 16; Mesopotamian civilizations -- 16.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Indiana
Language: eng; akk
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9781575062471
Subjects: Texts; Babylonian Cosmology; Akkadiska språket; Enuma elish; Akkadian language; 11.12 Mesopotamian religions; Creation; Babylonisk-assyrisk religion
Other titles: Enuma elish.
Work titles: Enuma elish. English
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes the texts of Enūma elîš and other Babylonian tales in Akkadian (transliterated from cuneiform), with English translations on facing pages.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Enūma eliš: the Babylonian epic of creation; title: Part II. Enūma eliš and Marduk; title: Part III. Further Babylonian creation tales: Enmešarra's defeat ; The town of Zārpanītum ; The toil of Babylon ; Uraš and Marduk ; The murder of Anša? ; Damkina's bond ; The defeat of Enutila, Enmešarra, and Qingu ; Enki and Ninmaḫ ; The exaltation of Nabû ; A unilingual/bilingual account of creation ; The slaying of Labbu ; The founding of Eridu ; The first brick ; Another dragon-slaying episode ; The theogony of Dunnu ; The river incantation ; Mythological introductions on creation; title: Part IV. Other material related to Enūma Eliš; title: Part V. Summary.