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A Text Corpus of Babylonian and Assyrian Literary Texts from the 3rd and 2nd Millennia BCE

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Projects [1009] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
- SEAL [921] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
  - Epics and Myths [105] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Babylonian [41] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Middle Babylonian/Assyrian [59] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Assyrian [1] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
      - Sargon [1]
    - Later Periods (SB, NA, LB) [4]
  - Hymns and Prayers [122] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Archaic/Old Akkadian/Ebla [3] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
      - Nidaba [1]
      - Šamaš [2]
    - Old Babylonian [50] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Middle Babylonian/Assyrian [69] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
  - Lamentations [25] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Babylonian [21] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Middle Babylonian/Assyrian [4] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
      - To Named Gods [4]
      - Miscellaneous MB/MA laments [0]
  - Love Literature [24] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Babylonian [18] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Middle Babylonian/Assyrian [6] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
  - Incantations [470] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Archaic/Old Akkadian/Ebla [25] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Babylonian [179] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Assyrian [11] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Middle Babylonian/Assyrian [255] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
  - Literary Letters [14] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Babylonian [12]
    - Middle Babylonian/Assyrian [2]
  - Wisdom Literature [52] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Babylonian [27] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Middle Babylonian/Assyrian [25] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
  - Funerary Texts [7] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
    - Old Babylonian [7]
  - Miscellaneous [97] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
  - Catalogues [5] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
- DLL [46] Expand Secondary Navigation Menu
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Sources of Early Akkadian Literature

Prof. Dr. M. P. Streck | Prof. Dr. N. Wasserman

Funded by the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (G.I.F.)
Research Grant Agreements Nos. I-890-183.4/2005 and 1022/2008

The Authority for Research and Development, The Hebrew University

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Mercator Gastprofessur an der Universität Leipzig, Prof. Dr. Nathan Wasserman)

Prof. Dr. M. P. Streck | Prof. Dr. N. Wasserman
Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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