Ancient Mesopotamian Worship Texts
Location and Chronology
Map
of Mesopotamia and Sumer
Detail
Map of Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian
Chronological Table: from University of Chicago Oriental Institute
Written Sources
Cuneiform
tablets: Hymn to Nikkal, moon goddess of Ugarit [obverse] [c. 1500
BCE]
Cuneiform
tablets: Hymn to Nikkal, moon goddess of Ugarit [reverse] [c. 1500
BCE]
Sketch
of Cuneiform tablets [obverse] with some musical decoding
Oxford University: Electronic
Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature [the best website for texts and
translations of Sumerian hymns]
The
Great Hymn to Shamash
Hymn to Ishtar
The Hymn to
Ninkasi -- Making Beer
Psalm to Marduk
Endehuanna's
Hymns to Innana
History Source Book: A
Collection of Babylonian Prayers, c. 1600 BCE
Audiofiles
Richard Dumbrill: Hypothetical transcription of Hurrian
Hymn H6
Studies
Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography for
learning about Mesopotamian Religion