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~1800 BCE

·Old Babylonian

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An adab (?) to Ninurta (?) for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan P)

3 lines fragmentary Great warrior, ....... Brave ....... His radiance ....... 1 line fragmentary ...... the cities and settlements. Roaring lion ...... to ....... Ninurta. Uta-ulu ....... Sa-gida. Lord ....... Jicgijal of the sa-gida. 2 lines fragmentary ...... in the Ubcu-unkena. ...... the status of Enlil ....... ...... the power of the Great Mountain, Enlil ....... ...... my man ....... Prince Icme-Dagan ....... ...... Ninurta ....... ...... fifty-headed battle-mace ....... ...... Icme-Dagan ....... 1 line fragmentary ...... great copper throne ....... 1 line fragmentary unknown no. of line…

Religion & Myth

An adab (?) to Ninurta (?) for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan P)

An adab to Ninurta for Lipit-Eshtar (Lipit-Eshtar D)

An adab to Nuska for Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan Q)

An adab to Suen for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen C)

An adab (?) to Suen for Shu-Suen (Shu-Suen F)

An adab to Utu for Shulgi (Shulgi Q)

An elegy on the death of Nannaya (Elegy 1)

An elegy on the death of Nawirtum (Elegy 2)

An ululumama to Nanna (Nanna J)

An ululumama to Suen for Ibbi-Suen (Ibbi-Suen D)

A praise poem of Shu-Suen (?) (Shu-Suen I)

Dedication of a statue (of Shulgi?) by Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan S)

Dumuzid and Enkimdu

Dumuzid and Geshtin-ana

Dumuzid's dream

Enki and Ninhursanga

Enki and Ninmah

Enki and the world order

Enki's journey to Nibru

Enlil and Nam-zid-tara

Enlil and Ninlil

Enlil and Sud

Enlil in the E-kur (Enlil A)

Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana

Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta

Gilgamesh and Aga

Gilgamesh and Huwawa, version A

Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven

Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the nether world

Gilgamesh und Huwawa, Version B

How grain came to Sumer

Hymn to Inana as Ninegala (Inana D)

Hymn to the E-kur

Inana and Bilulu

Inana and Ebih

Inana and Enki

Inana and Iddin-Dagan (Iddin-Dagan A)

Inana and Ishme-Dagan (Ishme-Dagan K)

Inana and Lipit-Eshtar (Lipit-Eshtar H)

Inana and Shu-kale-tuda

Inana's descent to the nether world

Ishbi-Erra and Kindattu (Ishbi-Erra B)

Ishme-Dagan and Enlil's chariot (Ishme-Dagan I)

Letter from Aba-indasa to Shulgi about his neglect

Letter from Aradngu to Shulgi about Aba-indasa's missing troops

Letter from Aradngu to Shulgi about Apillasha

Letter from Aradngu to Shulgi about attentive citizens

Letter from Aradngu to Shulgi about irrigation work

Letter from Aradngu to Shulgi about the fortress Igi-hursaja

Letter from Gudea to his god imploring support