Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia

by N. K. Sandars (Translator), N. K. Sandars (Introduction)

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140442496
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/06/1989
Series:	Penguin Classics Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.11(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.43(d)

Table of Contents

Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient MesopotamiaAcknowledgments
Plan of Babylon
Introduction to The Babylonian Creation
The Babylonian Creation
Note on The Sumerian Underworld
Introduction to Inanna's Journey to Hell
Inanna's Journey to Hell
Introduction to Adapa: the Man
Note on a Prayer to the Gods of Night
A Prayer to the Gods of Night
Glossary of Names