Texts > Mesopotamian Texts

Annals

• Annals of Assur-nasir-pal - introduction and translation
• Annals of the Kings of Assyria

Atrahasis

• Atra-Hasis: A Survey - by James R. Battenfield, Grace Theological Journal 12 (1971) 3–22
• The Atrahasis Epic and Its Significance for Our Understanding of Genesis 1–9 - by Tikva Frymer-Kensky, originally published in Biblical Archeologist (December 1977) 147–55

Code of Hammurabi

• Ancient History Sourcebook: Code of Hammurabi - introduction, commentary, and English translation
• Code of Hammurabi: Laws on Slavery - selected items from the code
• EAWC Anthology: Hammurabi's Code - English translation by L. W. King (1910)
• The Code of Hammurabi - English translation by L. W. King (1910)
• The Code of Hammurabi - English translation by L. W. King (1910)
• The Code of Hammurabi - picture of the stele
• The Code of Hammurabi - selected items from the code, chiefly dealing with interpersonal grievances

Enuma Elish

• Enuma Elish - brief introduction in Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament
• Enuma Elish - Encyclopedia of the Orient article; summary with links to full text
• Enuma Elish - L. W. King's translation (1902) at Sacred-Texts.com
• Enuma Elish - L. W. King's translation (1902) at the University of Texas at El Paso
• Enuma Elish - N. K. Sandars’ translation at the University of Pennsylvania
• Mesopotamian Cosmogony - E. A. Speiser’s translation with Isaac Mendelsohn’s notes

Gilgamesh

• Gilgamesh: Hero, King, God and Striving Man - by Tzvi Abusch, Archaeology Odyssey July/August 2000
• Gilgamesh Summary - Introduction to and summary of the epic, tablet by tablet
• Gilgamesh’s Request and Siduri's Denial. Part II: An Analysis and Interpretation of an Old Babylonian Fragment about Mourning and Celebration - by Tzvi Abusch, Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 22 (1993) 3–17
• The Gilgamesh Epic - retold in English by Stan Rummel, with discussion questions

Magical/Astrological Texts

• The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum - volume 1, cuneiform texts
• The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon in the British Museum - volume 2, English translations, vocabulary, and notes

Nabonidus Chronicle

• Nabonidus Chronicle: New Readings and the Identity of Darius the Mede - by William H. Shea, Journal of the Adventist Theological Society 7.1 (1996) 1–20

Various Babylonian Texts

• Babylonian Texts of the First Millennium B.C. - maintained by Janos Everling; very large collection of transcribed texts
• Documents from the Temple Archives of Nippur Dated in the Reigns of Cassite Rulers - ed. Albert T. Clay, vol. 15 of The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A: Cuneiform Texts (University of Pennsylvania, 1906)
• Letters to Cassite Kings - ed. Hugo Radau, vol. 17, part 1 ofThe Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A: Cuneiform Texts (University of Pennsylvania, 1908)
• Old Babylonian Inscriptions: Chiefly from Nippur, Part 1 - ed. H. V. Hilprecht; vol. 1 of The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A: Cuneiform Texts (University of Pennsylvania, 1893)
• Old Babylonian Text Corpus - online texts searchable by cuneiform signs

Various Sumerian Texts

• Proverbs in Sumerian Cuneiform - compiled by John A. Halloran
• Sumerian Administrative Documents Dated in the Reigns of the Kings of the Second Dynasty of Ur from the Temple Archives of Nippur Preserved in Philadelphia - ed. David W. Myhrman, vol. 3, part 1 of The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A: Cuneiform Texts (University of Pennsylvania, 1893)
• Sumerian Text Archive - maintained by Bram Jagersma and Remco de Maaijer, University of Leiden
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature - University of Oxford

Book Reviews

• Annus, Amar, The Standard Babylonian Epic of Anzu (Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2001) - reviewed by Tremper Longman, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Foster, Benjamin R., Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature (CDL, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Alan Lenzi, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by Edward Greenstein, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Glassner, Jean-Jacques, Mesopotamian Chronicles (ed. Benjamin R. Foster; SBL, 2004), reviewed by R. J. van der Spek, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Jackson, Samuel, A Comparison of Ancient Near Eastern Law Collections Prior to the First Millennium BC (Gorgias, 2008) - reviewed by Anselm Hagedorn, Review of Biblical Literature (2010)
• Michalowski, Piotr and Niek Veldhuis, eds., Approaches to Sumerian Literature: Studies in Honour of Stip (H. L. J. Vanstiphout) (Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Antione Cavigneaux, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Novotny, Jamie R., The Standard Babylonian Etana Epic (Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2001) - reviewed by Tremper Longman, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Volk, Konrad, A Sumerian Reader - reviewed by Joel H. Hunt, Review of Biblical Literature
• Westenholz, Joan Goodrick and Aage Westenholz, Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Collection of the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem: The Old Babylonian Inscriptions (Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Michael S. Moore, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)