Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia

This collection includes The Babylonian Creation, the first of the Ancient Mesopotamian poems that was composed in the twelfth century BC.

Comparable with the Book of Genesis, this collection opens in watery chaos and sings of the foundation of the world and its center, the fabulous golden city of Babylon. A hymn of praise in celebration of Marduk, the city's noble and cunning god, it was chanted at the New Year Festival and formed the most crucial element in the ancient Mesopotamians' ritua...