Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions is a 1918, Sumerian linguistics and mythology book written by George Aaron Barton.
It was first published by Yale University Press in the United States and deals with commentary and translations of twelve cuneiform, Sumerian myths and texts discovered by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology excavations at the temple library at Nippur. Many of the texts are extremely archaic, especially the Barton Cylinder, which Samuel Noah Kramer suggested may date as early as 2500 BC. A more modern dating by Joan Goodnick Westenholz has suggested the cylinder dates to around 2400 BC.
Contents
Some of the myths contained in the book are shown below:
Modern titleMuseum numberBarton's titleDebate between sheep and grain 14,005 A Creation MythBarton Cylinder 8,383 The oldest religious text from BabyloniaEnlil and Ninlil 9,205 Enlil and NinlilSelf-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D) 11,065 A hymn to DungiOld Babylonian oracle 8,322 An Old Babylonian oracleKesh temple hymn 8,384 Fragment of the so-called "Liturgy to Nintud"Debate between Winter and Summer 8,310 Hymn to Ibbi-SinHymn to Enlil 8,317 An excerpt from an exorcismLament for Ur 19,751, 2,204, 2,270 & 2,302 A prayer for the city of Ur
References
External links Barton, George Aaron., Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions, Yale University Press, 1918. Online Version