Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Part One. Dumuzi Texts
6. The New House 3
7. The Sister's Message 8
8. The Wiles of Women 10
9. The Bridal Sheets 13
10. Let Him Come! 16
11. Dumuzi's Wedding 19
12. Unfaithfulness 24
13. Dumuzi's Dream 28
14. The Wild Bull Who has Lain Down 47
15. Recognition 50
16. Vain Appeal 53
17. In the Desert by the Early Grass 56
18. Part Two. Royal Love Songs
19. Love Song to Shu-Suen 88
20. As You Let Day Slip by 90
21. He Arrives 91
22. My "Wool" Being Lettuce 93
23. Vigorously He Sprouted 94
24. The First Child 95
25. Tavern Sketch 97
26. Part Three. Hymns to Gods
27. Hymn to Enlil 101
28. Hymn to Inanna 112
29. The Nanshe Hymn 125
30. Part Four. Myths
31. The Eridu Genesis 145
32. The Birth of Man 151
33. Enlil and Ninlil 167
34. Enki And Ninsikila/Ninhursaga 181
35. Inanna's Descent 205
36. The Ninurta Myth Lugal-E 233
37. Part Five. Epics
38. Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta 275
39. Lugalbanda and the Thunderbird 320
40. Gilgamesh and Aka 345
41. Part Six. Admonitory History
42. The Cursing of Akkade 359
43. Part Seven. Hymns to Temples
44. Hymn to Kesh 377
45. The Cylinders of Gudea 386
46. Part Eight. Laments for Temples
47. Lament for Ur 447
48. The Destroyed House 475
49. The Verdict of Enlil 478
50. Texts Translated 485
51. Index 489