SPECIAL INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS THE EPIC OF ISHTAR AND IZDUBAR:

ISHTAR AND IZDUBAR

ASSYRIAN SACRED POETRY TRANSLATED BY H.F. TALBOT, F.R.S.

ASSYRIAN TALISMANS AND EXORCISMS TRANSLATED BY H.F. TALBOT, F.R.S. DEMONIACAL POSSESSION AND EXORCISM

ANCIENT BABYLONIAN CHARMS TRANSLATED BY REV. A.H. SAYCE, M.A.

INSCRIPTION OF TIGLATH PILESER I, KING OF ASSYRIA TRANSLATED BY SIR H. RAWLINSON, K.C.B., D.C.L., ETC.

INSCRIPTION OF TIGLATH PILESER I THE BEGINNING

THE REVOLT IN HEAVEN TRANSLATED BY H. FOX TALBOT, F.R.S.

THE LEGEND OF THE TOWER OF BABEL TRANSLATED BY W. ST. CHAD BOSCAWEN

AN ACCADIAN PENITENTIAL PSALM TRANSLATED BY REV. A.H. SAYCE, M.A.

THE BLACK OBELISK INSCRIPTION OF SHALMANESER II TRANSLATED BY REV. A.H. SAYCE, M.A.

INSCRIPTION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR TRANSLATED BY REV. J.M. RODWELL, M.A.

ACCADIAN POEM ON THE SEVEN EVIL SPIRITS TRANSLATED BY REV. A.H. SAYCE, M.A.

CHALDEAN HYMNS TO THE SUN TRANSLATED BY FRANaeOIS LENORMANT

TWO ACCADIAN HYMNS TRANSLATED BY REV. A.H. SAYCE, M.A.

ACCADIAN PROVERBS AND SONGS TRANSLATED BY REV. A.H. SAYCE, M.A.

BABYLONIAN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS CONCERNING PRIVATE PERSONS EDITED BY MM. OPPERT AND MENANT

GREAT INSCRIPTION IN THE PALACE OF KHORSABAD TRANSLATED BY DR. JULIUS OPPERT

Title: Babylonian and Assyrian Literature

Author: Anonymous

Language: English

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Andy Schmitt and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE

COMPRISING THE EPIC OF IZDUBAR, HYMNS, TABLETS, AND CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS

WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY EPIPHANIUS WILSON, A.M.

REVISED EDITION

1901