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Sacred Texts
Ancient Near East
Sumerian Mythology
By Samuel Noah Kramer
[1944, 1961]
The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who
lived in southern Babylonia from 4000-3000 B.C.E. They invented
cunieform writing, and their spiritual beliefs influenced
all successive Near Eastern religions, including Judaism,
Christianity and Islam.
They produced an extensive body of literature, among the oldest in the
world.
Samuel Noah Kramer spent most of his life studying this literature,
by piecing together clay tablets in far-flung museums.
This short work gives translations or summaries of the most important
Sumerian myths.
Frontispiece
Title Page
Preface
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter I. The Scope and Significance of Sumerian Mythology
Chapter II. Myths of Origins
Chapter III. Myths of Kur
Chapter IV. Miscellaneous Myths
Chapter V. References and Notes
Supplementary Notes