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Part XV. of "Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, etc.," contains texts
from fifty-one baked clay tablets and fragments belonging to the Sumerian, the
Old-Babylonian, the Assyrian, and the Neo- Babylonian Periods, which are preserved
in the British Museum . The tablets are inscribed with mythological legends and
religious texts, and m ay be thus described :
(i.) Plates 1-6 :Portions of Old-Babylonian Legends concerning the deities
Bel and Belit-ili, Sham ash and Ninlil, Mam a (i.e., Belit-ili), Ishtar, Lellu,
Ishum, Adad, Sin, Ningal, Pabilsag, etc. All these texts are here
published for the first time.
(2.) Plates 7-30:Early Sumerian religious texts, consisting of addresses to
the deities Mullil, Enlil (Bel), Ner-unu-gal (Nergal), Mer (Adad), Enzu
(Sin), Dumu-zi, Bau, Nin-gir-gi-lu, etc. All these are here published for
the first, time.
(3.) Plates 31-49 :Assyrian and Babylonian Legends, including the tablets
inscribed with the texts of the so-called " Fable of the Fox," and the
" Fable of the Horse and the Ox," and fragments of other similar
compositions; the legends concerning the Storm-god, Zu ; the legend
of the Descent of the goddess Ishtar into the Underworld; and the
legend of Ea and Atar-khasis (?). The greater num ber of these tablets
are here published'for the first time.
(4.) Plate 50: The text of the Assyrian tablet of Moral Precepts (D.T. 1),
which includes a num ber of warnings to a king against injustice.
The Old-Babylonian legends published on the first six plates are of the
greatest possible interest, because of the light which they throw upon the age
of Babylonian and Assyrian legends generally. It has long been suggested that
the legends inscribed upon the late Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian tablets
were copied from documents of a m uch earlier period, and this suggestion
has been confirmed during the last few years by the discovery of som e
fragments of legends upon tablets of the period of the First Dynasty of
Babylon, i.e., about B.C. 2200-2100. In the texts here published for the first time
we have examples of legends inscribed upon tablets which must date from a still
earlier period. Although the legends are written in the Babylonian language, the
archaic forms of the characters resemble those found upon the Sumerian tablets
of accounts and upon temple-lists which were inscribed during the period of the
Second Dynasty of Ur, i.e., before B.C. 2200. The clay of which the tablets are
composed also resembles that which was used by the Sumerians, who inhabited
Babylonia before the Semitic Babylonians obtained complete possession of the
country. It is interesting to note that these documents contain the familiar phrases
and formula; which are m et with in the late Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian copies of the
legends, a fact which tends to prove that m uch of the form, as well as the substance,
of these works is to be traced back to the earlier periods of Babylonian history.
The early Sumerian religious texts printed on plates 7-30 are also of great
interest, for they belong to a class of literature which is now represented for the
first time.
The copies have been m ade by Mr. L. W . King, M.A., Assistant in the
Department.
E. A. W A L L I S B U D G E .
Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities,
British Museum.
October ist, 1902.
C O N T E N T S
I. Old Babylonian legends concerning the deities Bel and Belit-ili, Sham ash
and Ninlil, M a m a (i.e., Belit-ili), Ishtar, Lellu, Ishum , Adad, Sin, Ningal,
Pabilsag, etc. [Nos. 8 7535, 938 28 , and 8 7521]
Plate
1-6
II. Early Sum erian Religious Texts :
1. Addresses to Mullil [Nos. 29615 and 13963]
2. Addresses to Enlil (Bel) [Nos. 29644 and 29623]
3. Addresses to Ner-unu-gal (Nergal) [No. 22741]
4. Addresses to Mer (Adad) [No. 29631] ...
5. Addresses to Enzu (Sin) [No. 13930]
6. Addresses to Dumu-zi (possibly Dumu-zida) [Nos. 15821, 29628, and 15795]
7. Addresses to the goddess Bau [No. 85005]
8. Addresses tp the goddess Nin-gir-gi-lu [No. 23584]
9. Miscellaneous religious compositions [Nos. 23117, 23658, 23702, and 88384]
7-10
11-13
14
15-16
16-17
18-21
22
23
24-30
III. Assyrian and Babylonian Legends :
1. The Fable of the Fox [No. 55470, K. 3641, K. 8570, and K. 8577] 3133
2. The Fable of the Horse and the Ox [K. 3456 + D.T. 43, K. 8197, K. 8198,
K. 10916 + K. 12029, K. 9834, K. 8199, and K. 8592] 34~37
3. Possible fragments of fables [81-7-4, 294, 81-1-27, 241, and K. 8567] ... 38
4. Legends of the god Zu [K. 3454 + K. 3935, K. 10160, K. 462S, K. 4864 +
K. 4869, K. 5187 + K. 5259 + K. 120000, and K. 3476] 39~44
5. The Descent of Ishtar into Hades [K. 162, K. 7600, and K. 7601] ... ... 45-48
6. The Legend of Ea and Atar-khasis (?) [K. 3399 + K. 3934] ... ... ... 49
IV. Assyrian tablet of moral precepts [D.T. 1]
50
O L D BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
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23584.
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P L A T E 24.
23117.
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P L A T E 25.
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r ^ < i f ^ T 4 < ^ ^ ^ r f ^ ^ f f i ^ f m ^
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P L A T E 26.
23668.
OBVERSE.
r <
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W J Q - * < 4 4 J ^ K K^F W & p F r ^ f p ^ > ^ f L
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P L A T E 27.
23658.
REVERSE.
H f F 3ET J
J S T ^ f 4 f
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88384.
OBVERSE.
PLATE 3D.
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ASSYRIAN A N D BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
PLATE 31.
[FABLE OF T H E FOX.]
55470.
m la r~- a-
/ AAOGTl) 5-i-
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fcltrte"!
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=
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
PLATE 32.
[FABLE OF THE FOX.]
MA0'?,
S
S
7
?
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13
If
n
K.3641.
OBVERSE.
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if ^ .;
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tff >F Tf 1 | e ,
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$ t f r $ ^ - < ^ ^ H R ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * K *
^ ^ ^ ^ s p t ^ j 4 ^ ^ - t^r< TfTf^rntmr
REVERSE.
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A S S Y R I A N A N D B A B Y L O N I A N L E G E N D S .
P L A T E 33.
[ F A B L E O F T H E FOX.]
K.8570.
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fv *''' i
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K.8 577.
1 5 -
ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS. PLATE 34.
[FABLE OF THE HORSE
AND THE OX.]
K.3456+D.T.43.
OBVERSE.
M A b Q rr^il
[BROKEN SURFACE]
I 5
10
2--3
10
|HROKEN SURFACE]
r ^
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
PLATE 35.
[FABLE OF THE HORSE
AND THE OX.]
K. 3456+D.T.43.
REVERSE.
[BROKEN SURFACE |
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[BROKEN SURFACE|
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H K * f 4 . r ff
tf
ASSYRIAN A N D BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
[FABLE O F T H E HORSE
A N D T H E OX.]
K.8197.
PLATE 36.
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ftfn^fr-
<&-
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K.8 198 .
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fesftr rf t? tr~
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
PLATE 37.
[FABLE OF THE HORSE
AND THE OX.]
K. 10916+K.12Q29.
OBVERSE.
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3 I'.UOKIIN SURFACE]
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REVERSE.
UKOKIX SFKFACI
; .1 f ff
j fcp>"
IIXOKKN SURFACE]
K. 98 34
K. 8199.
^ f ^ = < ^
K. 8592.
OBVERSE.
K. 8592.
REVERSE.
[BROKEN SURFACE1
MA0GJL3;V7
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Tf m t p i ; ^ f - ^ i l
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
PLATE 38.
81-7-4,294.
OBVERSE.
[BROKEN *'> :
SURFACE ;:.:#
81-7-27,241
8 1-7-4,294.
REVERSE.
MM''^/ W $m m ^:
K. 8567.
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS. PLATE 39.
[LEGENDS OF THE GOD ZU.]
K.3454+K.3935. ^ D.T. ^ ( U ^p '<*,
OBVERSE.
COL. I.
COL. II.
Wr T*#i&\
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; >iAtA ' UT**
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tf if^r ? # tf * Bc* tiF<
wf4pf HT^H^-tfTf^?rp^f W S ^ p "
^ z p ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ K - ^ - K
'r ^ r ^tt ^ v - -Tf^ m i <
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
[LEGENDS OF THE GOD ZU.]
K. 3454+K. 3935.
REVERSE.
COL. Ml.
PLATE 40.
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p r a u
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COL. IV
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS. PLATE 41.
[LEGENDS OF THE GOD ZUJ
K. 4628.
OBVERSE.
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<$ ^ T f #*
w^TTTf tfff Tf SF=
^^f^TTpE^t^TWr
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^ H ^ < ^ ^ ^ [ M ^ Tf ^ ^ : 4f Tf^f ^^>rfI|e,: .
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^_ wK ^F- KT^ ^ MP- ^f
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^ = * ? ^ r f w = - m ^rr ^ ^ r ^ h ^
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
[LEGENDS OF THE GOD ZU.]
PLATE 42.
K. 4628 .
REVERSE.
[BROKEN SURFACE
#* ve
i^-r-Ki,< - ^ , t^f rf
tt jr n%^Frr * ^ < p ^
^ r m % f * f - w b ^ ^ r ^
^
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< ^ ^ r ^ w
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
[LEGENDS OF THE GOD ZU.]
PLATE 43.
K. 5187+K. 5259+K. 12000, o.
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[LEGENDS OF THE GOD ZU.]
PLATE 44.
K.3476.
OBVERSE.
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P L A T E 45.
[ISHTAR'S D E S C E N T INTO HADES.]
K. 162.
OBVERSE.
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m-- . ^ * t c
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ASSYRIAN A N D BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
[ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO HADES.]
P L A T E 46.
K. 162.
OBVERSE (CONTINUED).
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ASSYRIAN A N D BABYLONIAN LEGENDS. P L A T E 47.
[ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO HADES.]
K. 162.
REVERSE (CONTINUED).
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* _* $r r * t t ^ t m p r * r * 9 * W W ^ tf^~ tt
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ASSYRIAN A N D BABYLONIAN LEGENDS. P L A T E 48.
[ISHTAR'S D E S C E N T INTO HADES.]
K. 7600.
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ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LEGENDS.
PLATE 49.
[LEGEND OF TTf > K %
K. 3399-K. 3934.
REVERSE.
COL. IV.
IIKOKKK SURFACE I
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TABLET OF MORAL PRECEPTS.
PLATE 60.
D.T.1.
OBVERSE.
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f^f *C # S ^T>4Tf fK If P*
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rf ^ Km ^ j ^ g ^ ^ $r # -
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S P ^ p 4
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F-^tTf \m- ||e <p&p fJ|E ^f W ^ Fff f^-
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