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The Religion Of Babylonia And Assyria by Theophilus G. Pinches 159,537 bytes

Legends of Babylonia and Egypt by Leonard W. King 396,030 bytes [1916]

Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer [1944, 1961]

Texts

The Seven Tablets of Creation by L.W. King [1902]
This is an expanded etext of the material in the Enuma Elish file, below.

The Enuma Elish (The Epic of Creation) translated by L. W. King [1902]
This is the Babylonian creation saga, one of the earliest written creation myths.

The Seven Evil Spirits translated by R. C. Thompson [1903]

The Code of Hammurabi translated by L.W. King [1915].
This is the earliest known legal code, considered the basis of many Near Eastern legal systems.

The Syrian Goddess translated by Herbert A. Strong [1913]
Lucian of Samosata's account of Astarte worship in the late classical era, in what is now Turkey.

Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamish by R. Campbell Thompson [1928]
The first complete academic translation of Gilgamesh.

The Chaldean Account of the Deluge by George Smith [1873]
This is a historic article in which the discovery of the Babylonian Deluge account was announced. This is actually some 'backstory' from the Gilgamesh myth.

Ishtar and Izdubar {Gilgamesh} by Leonidas Le Cenci Hamilton. [1884]
This is the only complete public domain translation of the Gilgamesh saga.

Adapa and the food of Life Translated by R. W. Rogers [1912]
This is a fragment of the Gilgamesh saga.

Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World translated by M. Jastrow [1915]
This is likewise part of the Gilgamesh saga.

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish. by E. A. Wallis Budge [1929]
This is a short pamphlet which contains the 'Deluge' portion of the Gilgamesh epic and a summary of the rest of the text.

Links

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. An excellent academic repository of Sumerian texts [External Site].

We also recommend:
Ancient Near Eastern Religion: Frequently Asked Questions [External Site]:
The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ
The Canaanite Mythology FAQ
The Hittite Mythology Reference
Sumerian Mythology FAQ