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"James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated into one convenient and richly illustrated volume, with a new foreword that puts the tranlations in context. With more than 130 reading selections and 300 photographs of ancient art, architecture and artifacts, this volume provides a stimulating introduction to some of the most significant and widely studied texts of the ancient Near East, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Creation Epic (Enuma elish), the Code of Hammurabi, and the Baal Cycle. For students of history, religion, the Bible, archaeology, and anthropology, this anthology provides a wealth of material for understanding the ancient Near East."--Page 4 of cover.

Middle Eastern literature --- Bible. --- Bible. --- History of contemporary events. --- Antiquities. --- A. Leo Oppenheim. --- Adapa. --- Ahab. --- Akhenaten. --- Akkad (city). --- Akkadian Empire. --- Alalakh. --- Amarna letters. --- Amarna. --- Amorite. --- Amun. --- Amurru (god). --- Ancient Egypt. --- Ancient Near East. --- Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. --- Anunnaki. --- Arzawa. --- Ashdod. --- Asherah. --- Ashnan. --- Ashurbanipal. --- Ashurnasirpal II. --- Atum. --- Babylonia. --- Canaan. --- Chemosh. --- Deity. --- Dowry. --- Egyptian hieroglyphs. --- Egyptian mythology. --- Egyptians. --- Ekur. --- Elephantine. --- Elisha. --- Enheduanna. --- Enkidu. --- Enlil. --- Ennead. --- Epigraphy. --- Ereshkigal. --- Eridu. --- Esagila. --- Esarhaddon. --- Eshnunna. --- Eunuch. --- Gezer. --- Haruspex. --- Hazael. --- Hittites. --- Humbaba. --- Idrimi. --- Inanna. --- Ishtar. --- Josiah. --- Keilah. --- Khnum. --- King of the Gods. --- Kingu. --- Majesty. --- Marduk. --- Merneptah Stele. --- Middle Egypt. --- Milkilu. --- Mitanni. --- Nabonidus. --- Namtar. --- Naram-Sin. --- Nebuchadnezzar II. --- Nergal. --- Nimrud. --- Ningal. --- Ninurta. --- Nippur. --- Nusku. --- Old Testament. --- Oracle. --- Osiris myth. --- Ostracon. --- Pharaoh. --- Ptah. --- Ptolemaic Kingdom. --- Sargon of Akkad. --- Shamash. --- Shekel. --- Supplication. --- Tammuz (deity). --- The Persians. --- Thutmose I. --- Tiamat. --- Tobiah (Ammonite). --- Ugarit. --- Ugaritic. --- Upper Egypt. --- Upper and Lower Egypt. --- Urshanabi. --- Uruk. --- Urukagina. --- Utnapishtim. --- Yahdun-Lim. --- Zimri-Lim.