====== Old Babylonian Akkadian Literature ======

===== Before the Muses =====

This lists enumerates "The Classical Period" materials as described in //Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature//, 3rd. ed. (CDL Press, 2005). 

== In Praise of Deities ==

II.1 [[To Ishtar]] (pp. 85-88) = Thureau-Dangin, RA 22 (1925), 170-171
II.2 [[To Nanay]] (pp. 89-92) = Zimmern, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P343020|VS 10 215]]

II.3 [[To Papulegarra]] (pp. 93-94) = Pinches, //JRAS Centenary Supplement// (1924), pl. vi-ix after p. 72

II.4 [[Self-praise of Ishtar]] (p. 95) = Zimmern, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P343018|VS 10 213]]

II.5 [[The Agushaya Poem]] (pp. 96-106) = Zimmern, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P343019|VS 10 214]]; Scheil, RA 15 (1918), 174-182

== B. Legends of Akkadian Kings ==

II.6 Legends Of Sargon 

  * (a) [[Sargon, King of Battle]] (pp. 107-112) = van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P223472|TIM 9 48]] (manuscript A); Nougayrol, RA 45 (1951), 182-183 (manuscript B)

  * (b) [[The Sargon Letter]] (pp. 113-114) = Gurney, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P347038|UET 7 73]]

II.7 Legends of Naram-Sin

  * (a) [[The Seige of Apishal]] (pp. 115-117) = (Güterbock)-Pinches, AfO 13 (1939/41), pl. I-II after p. 47, partial copy only; new copy by Finkel privately communicated

  * (b) [[The Great Revolt]] (pp. 118-121) = van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P343061|VS 17 42]]

== C. Kings Of Babylonia And Their Times ==

II.8 [[Sin-Kashid, King of Uruk]] (p. 122-123) = van Dijk in H. Lenzen, ed., //Abhandlungen der deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft Nr. 5, XVIII, vorläufiger Bericht über die Deutschen Archälogischen Institut und der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft aus Mitteln der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft unternommenen ausgrabungen in Uruk Warka// (Berlin, 1960), plate 28c (Photo, 20d-f)

II.9 [[Naram-Sin, King of Eshnunna]] (pp. 124-125) = W.G. Lambert, BiOr 30 (1973), 359-360

II.10 [[Hammurabi, King of Babylon]] (pp. 126-135) = Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 4, 14, 15; Nougayrol, RA 45 (1951), 79; Wiseman, JSS 7 (1962), 164-165

II.11 [[Will Hammurabi Be Victorious?]] (pp. 138-139) = J. Black, D.J. Wiseman, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P363478|CTN 4 63]], 1-23

II.12 [[Samsuiluna, King of Babylon]] (pp. 140-142) = Stephens, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P293502|YOS 9 35]]; Langdon in Watelin and Langdon, //Excavations at Kish// III, pl. XII; Gurney, //Studies Finkelstein//, 97, 1924-1945

== D. The Human Condition ==

II.13 [[Dialogue Between a Man and his God]] (p. 148-150) = Nougayrol, //Revue biblique// 59 (1952), pl. vii and viii

II.14 [[At The Cleaners]] (pp. 151-152) = Gadd, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274721|UET 6/2 414]]

II.15 [[Lament For a City]] (pp. 153-154) = [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P346444|UET 6/2 403]]

II.16 [[The Faithful Lover]] (pp. 155-159) = von Soden, ZA 49 (1950), 168-169

== E. Love Lyrics ==

II.17 [[Nanay and Muati]] (pp. 160-161) = W.G. Lambert, MIO 12 (1966), plates after p. 48

II.18 [[Nanay and Rim-Sin]] (pp. 162-164) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305850|YOS 11 24]]

II.19 Love Songs

  * (a) [[Where Has My Love Gone?]] (p. 165-166) = Groneberg, AOAT 267 (1999), 192-193

  * (b) [[A Lover's Riddle]] (p. 166) = Groneberg, AOAT 267 (1999), 192-193

  * <nowiki>(c)</nowiki> [[Come In, Shepherd!]] (pp. 167-168) = Black, JAOS 103 (1983), 26-27

  * (d) [[Your Heartbeat Is My Reveille]] (p. 169) = H. de Genouillac, PRAK II pl. 38, B 472; photo J. Westenholz, //Studies Reiner//, 418-419


== F. Incantations ==

II.20 Birth and Childhood

  * (a) [[She Has Never Given Birth]] (p. 170) = van Dijk, VAS 17 34

  * (b) [[The Child's Arms are Bound]] (pp. 171-172) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306413|YOS 11 16, 1-28]]

  * <nowiki>(c)</nowiki> [[To Calm a Baby]] (p. 172) = Farber, ZA 71 (1981), 62 rev.

II.21 Against Lamashtu

  * (a) [[Anu Begot Her]] (pp. 173-174) = Keiser, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274662|BIN 2 72]]

  * (b) [[She Is Fierce]] (p. 174) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305834|YOS 11 19]]

II.22 Against Demons

  * (a) [[A Demon]] (p. 175) = Thureau-Dangin, RA 36 (1939), 12

  * (b) [[Against the Evil Eye]] (p. 176) = Farber, ZA 71 (1981), 62, obv.

II.23 Against Disease, Discomfort, Unwanted Feelings

  * (a) [[Various Diseases]] (pp. 177-178) = Goetze, JCS 9 (1955), 9-10 (=A, B); widely variant parallel, Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P289353|YOS 11 8]] (C)

  * (b) [[All Diseases]] (p. 179) = Figulla, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274663|CT 42 32]]

  * <nowiki>(c)</nowiki> [[Against an Infant Illness]] = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274696|YOS 11 5]], 1-8

  * (d) [[Against a Mote in The Eye]] (p. 181) = (Landsberger)-Jacobsen, JNEW 14 (1955), 15

  * (e) [[Against Joint Pain]] (p. 182) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305833|YOS 11 14]], rev. 1-6

  * (f) [[Against a Disease of Sheep and Goats]] (p. 183) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306707|YOS 11 7]]

  * (g) [[Against Gas Pains]] (p. 184) = Gurney, OECT 11 3

  * (h) [[Against Stomach Ache]] (p. 185) = Cavigneaux, Al-Rawi, //Studies de Meyer//, 83

  * (i) [[Against Arousal]] (p. 186) = van Dijk, TIM 9 72; compare Finkel, ZA 75 (1985), 184 = Gadd, UET 6/2 399

  * (j) [[Against Hunger And Thirst]] (p. 187) = Figulla, CT 42 6, iv 1-8

II.24 [[Against Witchcraft]] (p. 188) = Beckman, ASJ 18 (1996), 21

II.25 The World Around

  * (a) [[Against a Noxious Herb]] (p. 189) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P310428|YOS 11 11]]

  * (b1) [[Against Dogs / Swift Dog]] (p. 190) = van Dijk, VAS 17 8

  * (b2) [[Against Dogs / Dogbite]] (p. 191) = Böhl, BiOr 11 (1954), pl. II = LB 2001

  * (b3) [[Against Dogs / Be Born Again]] (p. 191) = Böhl, BiOr 11 (1954), pl. II = LB 1001

  * (c1) [[Against Snakes / Lurking Serpent A]] (p. 192) = van Dijk, TIM 9 65, 66

  * (c2) [[Against Snakes / Snakebite]] (p. 193) = van Dijk, VAS 17 4

  * (c3) [[Against Snakes / Lurking Serpent B]] (p. 194) = Finkel in Abusch, ed., //Magic//, 245

  * (d) [[Against Flies]] (p. 195) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274697|YOS 11 6]], 1-11

  * (e) [[Against Scorpions]] (p. 196) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274693|YOS 11 2]]

  * (f) [[Against a Water Monster]] (p. 197) = Cavigneaux, //Studies Wilcke//, 62

  * (g) [[Against a Bleating Goat]] (p. 198) = Genouillac, PRAK II pl. 3, C1

II.26 Love Charms

  * (a) [[Horns of Gold]] (pp. 199-200) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P296059|YOS 11 87]]

  * (b) [[Look At Me!]] (pp. 201-206) = Wilcke, ZA 75 (1985), photo opposite p. 208

== G. Prayers ==

II.27 Nocturnal Prayers of Diviners

  * (a) [[To Gods of the Night]] (pp. 207-208)

  * (b) [[To Shamash and Gods of the Night]] (p. 208)

II.28 Diurnal Prayers of the Diviners

  * (a) [[The Cedar]] (pp. 209-211) = Hussey-van Dijk, [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306157|YOS 11 22]]

  * (b) [[The Lamb]] (pp. 212-213) = Hussey-van Dijk, YOS 11 23 (manuscript A); Nougayrol, RA 38 (1941), 87 (AO 7032) (manuscript B)

  * <nowiki>(c)</nowiki> [[Will Ur-Utu be Alive and Well?]] (p. 214) = De Meyer, //Studies Kraus//, 272

== H. Letters and Letter Prayers ==

II.29 [[Kussulu to the Moon-God]] (pp. 215-216) = Gadd, UET 6/2 402

II.30 [[Ur-Nanshe to Ninsianna]] (p. 217) = Thureau-Dangin, TCL I 9 = Kraus, AbB 5 (1972), 140

II.31 [[Apil-Adad to &ldquo;God my Father&rdquo;]] (p. 218) = Lutz, YOS 2 141

II.32 [[Ninurta-Qarrad to Ninmug]] (p. 219) = van Soldt, AbB 13 164

II.33 [[Ahushunu to the Guardian of Life]] (p. 220) = Dossin, //Akkadica// 6 (1978), plate I

II.34 Scribal Petitions and Exercises

  * (a) [[To Zimri-Lim, King of Mari]] (pp. 221-223) = Guichard, //Florlegium Marianum// 3 (1997), 81-82, with collations, 79-80

  * (b) [[A Ghost's Entreaty]] (pp. 223-224) = S. Dalley, //The Old Babylonian Tablets from Tell Rimah// (London, 1976), 150

  * <nowiki>(c)</nowiki> [[A Letter Writing Exercise]] (p. 225) = Frankena, TLB 4 33

II.35 [[A Declaration of War]] (p. 226)

II.36 [[Atrahasis]]

II.37 [[Ishtar, Harasser of Men]] (pp. 281-285) = Groneberg, Lob der Ishtar, pl. I-XXVI

II.38 [[To a Passer-by]] (pp. 286-287) = Thureau-Dangin, OLZ 4 (1901), 5 = Messerschmidt-Schroeder, VAS 1 54 (VA 3117); Deimel, Or 6 (1923), 62; Stephens, YOS 9 83; Messerschmidt-Schroeder, VAS 1 54 (VA 3114); Scheil RT 22 (1900), 154-155; LB 22 (unpublished exemplar in the Böhl Collection, Leiden)

II.39 [[Priestly Abuse of Office]] (pp. 288-289) = UET 7 155, rev. v; Al-Rawi, //Iraq// 56 (1994), 136



====== Babylonian Wisdom Literature ======

[[Ludlul Bel Nemeqi]]

=====  Early Mesopotamian Incantations and Rituals =====

==== YOS 11 (Akkadian) ====

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274692|YOS 11, 1]] (YBC 5620) = Akkadian incantation against the scorpion

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274693|YOS 11, 2]] (YBC 5090) = Akkadian incantation against the scorpion

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274694|YOS 11, 3]] (NBC 8957) = Akkadian incantation against the worm

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274695|YOS 11, 4]] (YBC 4593) = Akkadian ritual with Elamite (?) incantation against the worm, the scorpion, etc.

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274696|YOS 11, 5]] (YBC 4616) = Akkadian incantations against the woman, the sting of fly and scorpion, etc.

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P274697|YOS 11, 6]] (NBC 7967) = Akkadian incantation against the fly

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306707|YOS 11, 7]] (YBC 5640) = Akkadian incantation against the sikkatu-disease of sheep

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P289353|YOS 11, 8]] (NBC 6321) = Akkadian incantations against various ailments

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306686|YOS 11, 9]] (YBC 5619) = Two abbreviated hybrid incantations

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P304534|YOS 11, 10]] (YBC 1970) = Akkadian incantation against several ailments  

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P310428|YOS 11, 11]] (YBC 9897) = [[The Heart Grass]] (Veldhuis 1990)

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305848|YOS 11, 12]] (YBC 4625) = [[The Heart Grass]] (Veldhuis 1990) (ll. 1-17); against toothache (ll. 29-37)

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P291981|YOS 11, 13]] (YBC 9117) = Akkadian incantation of the nam-bur2-bi type

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305833|YOS 11, 14]] (YBC 4599) = reverse: Akkadian incantation against the mashkadu-disease

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305825|YOS 11, 15]] (YBC 4588) = Akkadian incantation and rituals against &ldquo;trouble&rdquo;

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306413|YOS 11, 16]] (YBC 5328) = Akkadian incantation against mental and physical suffering

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306697|YOS 11, 17]] (YBC 5630) = Akkadian incantation for a woman in labor

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305834|YOS 11, 19]] (YBC 4601) = Akkadian incantation against Lamashtu (ll. 1-17); Akkadian incantation for binding a snake (ll. 18-23)

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P310390|YOS 11, 20]] (YBC 9846) = Akkadian incantation against Lamashtu

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305832|YOS 11, 21]] (YBC 4598) = Fragmentary Akkadian incantation and ritual (ll. 1-12); Akkadian exorcistic incantation (ll. 13-25); Akkadian incantation against a demoness (ll. 26-30); two incantations in an unidentified language concerning &ldquo;mongoose&rdquo; and &ldquo;to heal the heart&rdquo;

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P306157|YOS 11, 22]] (YBC 5023) = Akkadian liturgy for the ritual of the divination-priest 

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P370996|YOS 11, 23]] (HSM 7494) = Akkadian liturgy of six prayers for the presentation of a sacrificial lamb

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305850|YOS 11, 24]] (YBC 4643) = Akkadian love song for sacred marriage ritual

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P291955|YOS 11, 25]] (YBC 4644) = Akkadian recipes 

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P309744|YOS 11, 26]] (YBC 8958) = Akkadian recipes

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305853|YOS 11, 27]] (YBC 4548) = Akkadian recipes

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305827|YOS 11, 28]] (YBC 4592) = Akkadian medical treatment of &ldquo;feverish mouth&rdquo;

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305831|YOS 11, 29]] (YBC 4597) = Akkadian medical text dealing with five ailments

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P296061|YOS 11, 74]] (MLC 1301) = Bilingual incantation agains the samanu-disease

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P310417|YOS 11, 75]] (YBC 9884) = Akkadian incantation and ritual for alleviating a bad dream

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P310429|YOS 11, 77]] (YBC 9898) = Fragmentary incantation (ll. 1-9); Akkadian incantation against mental and physical suffering (ll. 10-15); Sumerian incantation (ll. 16-26)

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P305836|YOS 11, 86]] (YBC 4603) = Akkadian incantation for a woman in labor (ll. 1-28)

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P296059|YOS 11, 87]] (MLC 1299) = Akkadian love charm
 
  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P310387|YOS 11, 92]] (YBC 8712) = Akkadian incantation against the ardat lilim

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P296369|YOS 11, 94]] (MLC 1691) = Sumerian-Akkadian bilingual incantation against the approach of an evil man 

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P304968|YOS 11, 95]] (YBC 3537) = Sumerian-Akkadian bilingual of uncertain type

  * [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/P293070|YOS 11, 96]] (NBC 6151) = Akkadian ritual for quieting children