LITURGICAL HYMN TO INNINI
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian (ca. 2100 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919 Introduction Recorded on a single tablet, this Sumerian text consists of two columns. Both of which …
The Garden
LITURGY TO INNINI
Origin/Historian/Author: Neo-Sumerian (ca. 2000) Source: Sumerian Liturgical Texts, By Stephen Langdon, 1917 Introduction This Neo-Sumerian to Akkadian era text features the goddess Innini, otherwise known as Inanna. Some scholars conclude …
A PRAYER OF BA’U AND SHAMASH
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, L. W. King, 1896 Introduction This Babylonian prayer was composed on a single clay tablet and dedicated to the goddess Bau and the …
A PRAYER TO DAMKINA AND BA’U
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, L. W. King, 1896 Introduction This Babylonian prayer was composed on a single clay tablet and dedicated to the goddesses Damkina and Bau. …
INVOCATION TO THE GODDESS BELTIS
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Records of the Past, 2nd Series, Vol. IV (1890) by A. H. Sayce Intro By Sayce The inscription appears to have been frequently copied and widely circulated. …
LAMENTATION TO ARURU
Origin/Historian/Author: Akkadian and Sumerian Source: Sumerian Liturgical Texts, By Stephen Langdon, 1917 Introduction This Sumerian text was recorded during the Early Dynastic III period. Consisting of over 40 lines in …
THE ERGOT
Origin/Historian/Author: Assyrian Source: Sumerian Liturgical Texts, By Stephen Langdon, 1917 Full Text Below In the beginning, before the creation, Alalu came down to the land. The plough bore the furrow, …
AN INCANTATION IN SICKNESS TO MARDUK
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted by: Morris Jastrow, …
PROCESSIONAL HYMN TO MARDUK
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Introduction This text exists both in an Assyrian copy belonging to Ashurbanipal’s library, and also in a Sumerian …
A PRAYER TO MARDUK
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian (ca 1900 BCE) Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted …
URASH AND MARDUK
Origin/Historian/Author: Middle Babylonian Source: Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament, Robert William Rogers Full Text Below OBVERSE 2. Marduk [ . . . 3. Warrior [ . . . 4. …
A PSALM TO ENLIL
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian (ca. 2100 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919 Introduction This psalm featuring Enlil was recorded during the Neo-Sumerian period. It was composed on a …
PSALM TO A MYTHICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, THE TRUMPET (?) OF ENLIL
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian (ca. 2000 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgical Texts, By Stephen Langdon, 1917 Introduction This Sumerian sacred song was recorded around 2000 BCE. It features Enlil receiving an unnamed instrument, …
LITURGY TO ENLIL, SERIES #2
Origin/Historian/Author: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms, By Stephen Langdon, 1919 Introduction This Sumerian liturgical text was composed around 1900 BCE. Recorded in ten columns, five …
LITURGY TO ENLIL, SERIES #1
Origin/Historian/Author: Sumerian (ca. 2000 BCE) Source: Sumerian Liturgical Texts, By Stephen Langdon, 1917 Introduction This Sumerian liturgical text featuring Enlil was recorded around 2000 BCE. One of the six columns …
A PRAYER BEL
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: Babylonian Magic and Sorcery, L. W. King, 1896 Introduction This prayer was recorded by Babylonian scribes, and dedicated to the Akkadian god Bel. In some Akkadian and …
THE RIVER OF CREATION
Origin/Historian/Author: Babylonian Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted by: Morris Jastrow, …
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ANUNNAKI PANTHEON (#2)
Origin/Historian/Author: Late Neo Babylonian Source: Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts, By E. Ebeling, 1919, 1923 Full Text Below The upper heavens are luludānītu-stone, of An, he [settled] the 300 Igigi …
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ANUNNAKI PANTHEON (#1)
Origin/Historian/Author: Late Neo Babylonian Source: Sumerisch-babylonische Hymnen, By G. Reisner, 1896 Full Text Below Gods of heaven, gods of underworld, The 50 great gods, The seven gods of destinies, The …
THE PHILOSOPHY OF AN UNKNOWN RULER
Origin/Historian/Author: Akkadian (ca 2300 BCE) Source: The Sacred Books and Literature of the East, By Prof. Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. The Sacred Books and Literature of the East Translations conducted …