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[Anonymous No.14535801]

What's the best book to get into mesopotamian mythology?

[Anonymous No.14536640]

bump

[Anonymous No.14536649]

>>14535801
The Epic of Gilgamesh

[Anonymous No.14536650]

Epic of Bilgamesh

[Anonymous No.14536729]

>>14535801
can't answer, but nice pic (saved it). Have a bump, and Godspeed.

[Anonymous No.14536733]

>>14535801
"Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature" (3rd ed., 2018). More than 1000 pages of key source texts.

[Anonymous No.14537351]

>>14535801
This is a great jewtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7qaWf4-VFe_NPuvIyjrxFA

this is a good book
http://esotericawakening.com/preface-to-indo-sumerian-seals-deciphered

[Anonymous No.14537428]

Glad to have helped

>t. >>14536729

[Anonymous No.14538674]

>>14535801
the Epic is p good but it's also a very cliche answer

[Anonymous No.14538688]

There's an OWC text called something like "Myths from Mesopotamia". It's relatively short, but has several of the "big ones", including Gilgamesh and it's usually very cheap (I got mine for like $5 new, which is practically a steal where I live), then you can get one of the more expensive anthologies if you are still interested in it.

[Anonymous No.14538700]

>>14536733
Not op but I am curious about this book. I will have to check it out.
Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.14538825]

>>14538700
It's good. It's expensive, but well worth it if you are serious.

Otherwise, I also recommend:
Dalley-2009 (~$9): "Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others" by Stephanie Dalley
Jacobsen-1976 (~$29): "The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion" by Thorkild Jacobsen
Jacobsen-1987 (~$28): "The Harps that Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation" by Thorkild Jacobsen

[Anonymous No.14538833]

>>14538825
libgen exists

[Anonymous No.14538873]

>>14538833
Indeed. Sorry for the price-tags. I confused this for the thread started by the guy looking for physical editions.