Akkadian literature is the ancient literature written in the Akkadian language (Assyrian and Babylonian dialects) in Mesopotamia

It recounts events from the beginning of the world to the establishment of the power of Marduk, the great god of Babylon.

There are many Babylonian literary works whose titles have come down to us. One of the most famous of these was the Epic of Gilgamesh, in twelve books, ...

Summary ... We do not know what literature was composed in first-millennium Babylonia; we know only what literary works were kept in royal and private libraries ...

There is a great wealth of hymns, prayers, psalms of one kind or another in Babylonian literature, very much the sort that is found within the limits of the ...

'Writing, scribes, and literature' considers three of the most important surviving examples of Babylonian literature, copied and sometimes adapted by many ... The scribal schools · Divination · Scribes as creative artists

22,49 £ The Library of Babylonian Literature makes the main works of Akkadian literature available in an accessible format, with state-of-the-art essays on each text ...

The goal of the electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) platform is to advance the publication and reconstruction of cuneiform tablets worldwide. Dictionary · About · Corpus · Signs

These timeless proverbs, instructive precepts, and ancient fables demonstrate a rich heritage in the Mesopotamian development of this genre. Lambert's focused ...

89,95 $ These timeless proverbs, instructive precepts, and ancient fables demonstrate a rich heritage in the Mesopotamian development of this genre.