Akkadian literature of the late period

By Benjamin R. Foster

Umma in the Sargonic Period

By Benjamin R. Foster

The Epic of Gilgamesh

By Benjamin R. Foster

"The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world's oldest epic masterpiece. More than a thousand years before Homer or the Bible, Mesopotamian poets sang of the hero-king Gilgamesh, who sought to crown his supe...

Norton Book of Nature Writing

By Robert Finch, John Elder

From An Antique Land: An Introduction To Ancient Near Eastern Literature

By Ingo Kottsieper, Gonzalo Rubio, Susan Tower Hollis, Wayne T. Pitard, Carl S. Ehrlich, Benjamin R. Foster, Gary Beckman

Many of the world's first written records have been found in the area of the Ancient Near East, in what is today known as the Middle East. While many people are familiar with the ancient Israelite...

Role of Temples from the Third Dynasty of Ur to the First Dynasty of Babylon

By F. R. Kraus

Sargonic Texts from Telloh in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums Occasional Publications of the Babylonian Fund No. 5

By Benjamin R. Foster, Veysel Donbaz

Mesopotamian yearnames

By Benjamin R. Foster, Marcel Sigrist

Mesopotamian yearnames

By Marcel Sigrist

Mesopotamian Chronicles Writings from the Ancient World Writings from the Ancient World Writings from the Ancient World

By Benjamin R. Foster, Jean Jacques Glassner