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• Abusch, T. 1986 "Ištar's proposal and Gilgamesh's refusal: an interpretation of the Gilgamesh Epic Tablet 6, lines 1-79." History of Religions 26: 143-187.
• Abusch, T. 1999. "Marduk." In Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, ed. K. van der Toorn, P. Becking, and P.W. van der Horst, pp. 543-549. Leiden: Brill.
• Abusch, T. 2000. "Ištar." Nin 1: 23-7.
• Abusch, T. 2002. Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Toward a History and Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature. Leiden: Brill/Styx.
• Abusch, T. and Schwemer, D. 2008. "Das Abwehrzauber-Ritual Maqlû ("Verbrennung")". In Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments, Neue Folge 4, pp. 128-187. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
• Al-Mutawalli, N. 1999. "A new foundation cylinder from the Temple of Nabû Ša H̆arê." Iraq 61: 191-194.
• Albenda, P. 1970. "The Burney Relief reconsidered." Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University 2: 86-93.
• Albenda, P. 2005. "The 'Queen of the Night' plaque: a revisit." Journal of the American Oriental Society 125: 171-190.
• Al-Rawi, F. N. H. 1990. "Tablets from the Sippar Library. I. The 'Weidner Chronicle': a suppositious royal letter concerning a vision." Iraq 52: 1-13.
• Alster, B. 1972. Dumuzi's Dream. Aspects of Oral Poetry in a Sumerian Myth. Mesopotamia, 1. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.
• Alster, B. 1975. "On the interpretation of the myth 'Inana and Enki'." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 4: 20-34.
• Alster, B. 1999. In Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, ed. K. van der Toorn, P. Becking, and P.W. van der Horst. Leiden: Brill, pp. 867-869.
• Annus, A. and Lenzi. A. 2010. Ludlul bēl nēmeqi. The Standard Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer. State Archives of Assyria, Cuneiform Texts, 7. Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project.
• Archi, A. 2010. "The god Ḥay(y)a (Ea/Enki) at Ebla." In Opening the Tablet Box. Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster, ed. S. Melville and A. Slotski, pp. 15-36. Leiden-Boston: Brill.
• Ataç, M.-A. 2004 "'The Underworld Vision' of the Ninevite intellectual milieu." Iraq 66: 67-76.
• Avalos, H. 1995. Illness and Health Care in the Ancient Near East: The Role of the Temple in Mesopotamia, Greece and Israel. Atlanta: Scholars Press.

B

• Bahrani, Z. 2000. "The Whore of Babylon: truly all woman and of infinite variety." Nin 1: 95-106.
• Barrelet, M.-T. 1952. "A propos d'une plaque trouvée à Mari." Syria 29: 85-93.
• Barrelet, M.-T. 1955. "Les déesses armées et ailées." Syria 32: 222-266.
• Barrelet, M.-T. 1968. Figurines et reliefs en terre cuite de la Mésopotamie antique I: Potiers, termes de métier, procédés de fabrication et production. Paris: Geuthner.
• Barret, C. E. 2007. "Was dust their food and clay their bread? Grave goods, the Mesopotamian afterlife, and the liminal role of Inana/Ištar." Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 7: 7-65.
• Bauer, J. 1998. "Der vorsargonische Abschnitt der mesopotamischen Geschichte." In Mesopotamien. Späturuk- und Frühdynastische Zeit, ed. J. Bauer, R.K. Englund, and M. Krebernik. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 160/1, pp. 431-564. Freiburg: Universitätsverlag.
• Beaulieu, P.-A. 1989. The Reign of Nabonidus, King of Babylon, 556-539 B.C. New Haven; London: Yale University Press.
• Beaulieu, P.-A. 1995. "Theological and philological speculations on the names of the goddess Antu." Orientalia 64: 187-211.
• Beaulieu, P.-A. 1997. "The cult of AN.Š́ÁR/Aššur in Babylonia after the fall of the Assyrian empire." State Archives of Assyria Bulletin 11: 55-73.
• Beaulieu, P.-A. 1999. "The Babylonian Man in the Moon." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 51: 91-99.
• Beaulieu, P.-A. 2003. The Pantheon of Uruk in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Leiden: Brill-Styx.
• Beckman, G. 1998. "Ištar of Nineveh reconsidered." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 50: 1-10.
• Bienkowski, P., and Millard, A. R., eds. 2000. Dictionary of the Ancient Near East. London: British Museum Press.
• Biggs, R. D. 1967. ŠÀ.ZI.GA: Ancient Mesopotamian Potency Incantations. Texts From Cuneiform Sources, 2. Locust Valley, NY: J.J. Augustin.
• Biggs, R. D. 1974. Inscriptions from Tell Abu Ṣalabikh. Oriental Institute Publications, 99. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Black, J.A. 1981. "The New Year's ceremonies in ancient Babylon: 'taking Bel by the hand' and a cultic picnic." Religion 11: 39-59.
• Black, J.A. 2002. "En-hedu-ana not the composer of the Temple Hymns." Nouvelles Assyriologique Bréves et Utilitaires 2002: no. 4, 2–4.
• Black, J., & Green, A. 1998. Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. An Illustrated Dictionary, 2nd ed. London: British Museum Press. Online via Google Books [http://tiny.cc/ibiob] (preview only).
• Black, J. et al. 2004. The Literature of Ancient Sumer. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Black, J.A., Cunningham, G., Ebeling, J., Flückiger-Hawker, E., Robson, E., Taylor, J., and Zólyomi, G. 1998-2006. The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature [http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/]. Oxford.
• Böck, B. 2004. "Überlegungen zu einem Kultfest der altmesopotamischen Göttin Inana." Numen 51: 20-46.
• Boehmer, R.M. 1965. Die Entwicklung der Glyptik Während der Akkad-Zeit Untersuchtungen zur Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie, 4. Berlin: der Gruyter.
• Borger, R. 1973. "Tonmännchen und Puppen." Bibliotheca Orientalis 30: 176-185.
• Borger, R. 2004. Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon. Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 305. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.
• Bottero, J. 1973. "Le feu dans les textes mésopotamiens". In Le feu dans le Proche-Orient Antique, Actes du Colloque de Strasbourg (9 et 10 juin 1972), pp. 9-14. Leiden.
• Bottéro, J. 2002. "Intelligence and the technical function of power: Enki-Ea". In Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods, pp. 232-250. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
• Braun-Holzinger, E. 1998-2001. "Nisaba, B." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9, p. 579. Berlin: De Gruyter.
• Braun-Holzinger, E. 1999. "Apotropaic figures at Mesopotamian temples in the third and second millennia." In Mesopotamian Magic: Textual, Historical and Interpretative Perspectives, ed. T. Abusch and K. Van Der Toorn, pp. 49-72. Gröningen: Styx.
• Breucker, G.d. 2011. "Berossos between Tradition and Innovation." In The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture, ed. K. Radner and E. Robson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 637-657.
• Brisch, N. 2007. Tradition and the Poetics of Innovation: Sumerian Court Poetry from the Larsa Dynasty (ca. 2003-1763 BCE). Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 339. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.
• Buccellati, G. 1981. "Wisdom and not: the case of Mesopotamia." Journal of the American Oriental Society 101: 35-47.
• Buren, E.D., van. 1934. "The god Ningizzida." Iraq 1: 60-89.
• Buren, E.D., van. 1952. "The building of a temple tower". Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archéologie 46: 65-74.

C

• CAD = The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD). Chicago: The Oriental Institute (1956-2010).
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• Cancik-Kirschbaum, E., M. van Ess, and J. Marzahn, eds. 2011. Babylon. Wissenskultur in Orient und Okzident. TOPOI Berlin Studies in the Ancient World, 1. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Cavigneaux, A. and Krebernik, M. 1998-2001a. "Niššiku." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9, p. 590. Berlin: De Gruyter.
• Cavigneaux, A., Krebernik, M. 1998-2001b. "Nun-baršegunu." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vordersasiatischen Archäeologie 9, p. 615. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Cavigneaux, A. and Krebernik, M. 1998-2001c. "Nintur." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9, pp. 507-508. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Cagigneaux, A. and Krebernik, M. 1998-2001d, "Numušda." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9, pp. 611-614. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Charpin, D. 1986. Le clergé d'Ur au siècle d'Hammurabi (XIXe - XVIIIe siècles av. J.-C.). Geneva: Droz.
• Charpin, D. 2010. Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Civil, M. 1980. "Les limites de l'information textuelle" in L'archéologie de l'Iraq du debut de l'époque néolitique à 333 avant notre ère: Perspectives et limites de l'interprétation anthropologique des documents, pp. 225–232. Paris: CNRS.
• Civil, M. 1983. "Enlil and Ninlil: the marriage of sud", Journal of the American Oriental Society 103: 43-66.
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• Civil, M. 1985. "On some texts mentioning Ur-Namma." Orientalia 54: 27-45.
• Clayden, T. 1996. "Kurigalzu I and the restoration of Babylonia." Iraq 58: 109-121.
• Clifford, R.J. (ed.) 2007. Wisdom Literature in Mesopotamia and Israel. Society of Biblical Literature, Symposium Series, 36. Leiden: Brill.
• Cohen, M.E. 1981. Sumerian Hymnology: The Eršemma. Hebrew Union College Annual Supplements 2.
• Cohen, M.E. 1988. Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia (2 vols). Potomac, MD: Capital Decisions.
• Cohen, M.E. 1993. The Cultic Calendars of the Ancient Near East. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press.
• Cohen, M.E. 1996. "The sun, the moon and the city of Ur." In Religion and Politics in the Ancient near East, ed. A. Berlin, pp. 7-20. Bethesda, MD: University Press of Maryland.
• Colbow, G. 1991. Die Kriegerische Ištar: Zur Erscheinungsform bewaffneter Gottheiten zwischen der Mitte des 3. und der Mitte des 2. Jahrtausends. Münchner Vorderaisatische Studien, 8. Munich: Profil.
• Cole, S.W. and P. Machinist. 1998. Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (State Archives of Assyria 13). Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. PDF version of introduction (1.9 MB) [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/knpp/downloads/cole_machinist_saa13intro.pdf] via Knowledge & Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/knpp].
• Collon, D. 1982. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals II. London: British Museum Publications.
• Collon, D. 1992. "The Near Eastern moon god." In Natural Phenomena: Their Meaning, Depiction, and Description in the Ancient Near East, ed. D.J.W. Meijer, pp. 19-37. North-Holland, Amsterdam; New York: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Collon, D. 2005. The Queen of the Night. London: British Museum Press.
• Conti, G. 2000. "A proposito di Gibil, dio del fuoco". In S.Graziani (ed.), Studi sul Vicino Oriente antico dedicati alla memoria di Luigi Cagni I, pp. 125-134. Napoli: Istitute Universitario Orientale
• Cooley, J.L. 2008. "Early Mesopotamian astral science and divination in the myth of Inana and Šukaletuda." Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 8: 75-98.
• Cooper, J.S. 1989. "Enki's member: Eros and irrigation in Sumerian literature". In H. Behrens, D. Loding and M. T. Roth (eds), Dumu-e₂-dub-ba-a: Studies in Honor of Åke W. Sjöberg, pp. 87-89. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund. Philadelphia, PA.: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund, University Museum.
• Crowell, B. 2001. "The development of Dagan: a sketch." Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 1: 32-83.
• Cunningham, G. 1997. Deliver Me From Evil: Mesopotamian Incantations 2500-1500 BC. Rome.

D

• Dalley, S. 1979. "^dNIN.LÍL = mul(l)is(s)u, the treaty of Barga'yah, and Herodotus' Mylitta." Revue d'Assyriologie 73: 177-178.
• Dalley, S. 2000. Myths from Mesopotamia : Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
• Dalley, S. and W. Yuhong 1990. "The origins of the Manana dynasty at Kiš, and the Assyrian King List." Iraq 52: 159-165.
• Denning Bolle, S. 1992. Wisdom in Akkadian Literature. Leiden: Ex Oriente Lux.
• Dickson, K. 2007. "Enki and Ninhursag: the trickster in paradise". Journal of Near Eastern Studies 66: 1-32. Available online via JSTOR [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/512211] (subscription required).
• Dietrich, M., O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín. 1976. Die Keilalphabetischen Texte Aus Ugarit: Einschließlich Der Keilalphabetischen Texte Außerhalb Ugarits. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament, 24. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag.
• Dirven, L. 1997. "The Exaltation of Nabû: A revision of the relief depicting the battle against Tiamat from the temple of Bel in Palmyra." Die Welt des Orients 28: 96-116.
• Dossin, G. 1983. "Le dieu Gibil et les incendies de végétation". In Recueil Georges Dossin: Mélanges d'Assyriologie (1934-1959). Akkadika Supplementum 1.
• Durand, J.-M. 2008. "La religion amorrite en Syrie à l'époque des archives de Mari." In G. del Olmo Lete (ed.), Mythologie et Religion des Sémites Occidentaux, Vol. I, Ébla, Mari, pp. 131–752. Leuven: Peeters.

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• Ebeling, E. 1928. "Anšar." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 1, p. 112. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Ebeling, E. 1932. "An-Anum." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 1, pp. 115-117. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Ebeling, E. 1938. "Damu." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 2, pp. 115-116. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Ebeling, E. 1952. "Ein Lob Lied auf Nabû aus neuassyrischer Zeit". Die Welt des Orients, 1/VI.
• Edzard, D.O. 1957-71. "Geštinanna." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 3, pp. 299-301. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Edzard, D.O. 1965. "Mesopotamien. Die Mythologie der Sumerer und Akkader." In H.W. Haussig (ed.), Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient. Wörterbuch der Mythologie, erste Abteilung, Bd. I, pp. 17-140. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag.
• Edzard, D.O. 1976-80. "[Igigū], Anunna und. A. Nach sumerischen Quellen." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archāologie 5, pp. 37-40. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Edzard, D.O. 1976-1980a. "Kazallu". In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 5, pp. 542-543. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Edzard, D.O. 1976-1980b. "Keš." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 5, pp. 571-573. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Edzard, D. O. 1997. Gudea and His Dynasty. The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, Vol. 3/1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Edzard, D. O. 1998-2001. "Nin-Isina." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9, pp. 387-388. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Edzard, D. 2003. "Enlil, Vater der Götter", in P. Marrassini (ed.), Semitic and AssyriologicalSstudies: Presented to Pelio Fronzaroli by Pupils and Colleagues, 173-184. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
• Englund, R. 1998. "Texts from the Later Uruk Period", in P. Attinger and M. Wäfler, Mesopotamien: Späturuk-Zeit und Frühdynastische Zeit. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 160/1. Freibourg: Academic Press, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht).
• Ellis, R. 1967. "'Papsukkal' figures beneath the daises of Mesopotamian temples. Revue d'Assyriologie 61: 51-61.
• Ellis, R. 1968. Foundation Deposits in Ancient Mesopotamia. New Haven, London: Yale University Press.
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F

• Falkenstein, A. 1965. "Die Anunna in der sumerischen Überlieferung." In H. Güterbock and T. Jacobsen (eds.) Studies in Honor of Benno Landsberger on his Seventy-Fifth Birthday, April 21, 1965. Assyriological Studies, 16, pp. 127-140. Chicago: Oriental Institute Press.
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• Farber, W. 1997. Beschwörungsrituale an Ištar und Dumuzi. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner.
• Feliu, L. 2003. The God Dagan in Bronze Age Syria. Leiden; Boston: Brill.
• Figulla, H., and C.J. Gadd. 1949. Business Documents of the New-Babylonian Period. London: British Museum.
• Fischer, C. 1997. "Siegelabrollungen im British Museum auf Ur III-zeitlichen Texten aus der Provinz Lagaš." Baghdader Mitteilungen 28: 97-183.
• Foster, B.R. 1983. "Nabonidus at Kesh." Revue d'Assyriologie 77: 92-93.
• Foster, B.R. 2005. Before the Muses: an Anthology of Akkadian Literature. 3rd edition. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press.
• Frahm, E. 2002. "Sennacherib." In H. Baker (ed.), The Prosopography of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Vol. III/1: P-Ṣ, pp. 1113-1127. Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project.
• Frankena, R. 1957-71a. "Girra und Gibil". In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vordersasiatischen Archäeologie 3, pp. 383-385. Berlin: de Gruyter
• Frankena, R. 1957-71b. "Gula." Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie, 3, pp. 695-7. Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Frankfort, H. 1938. "The Burney-Relief." Archiv für Orientforschung 12: 128-135.
• Frankfort, H. 1939. Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East. London: MacMillan
• Frankfort, H. 1948. Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
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• Frayne, D. R. 2008. Presargonic Period (2700-2350 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods, 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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G

• Gadd, C.J. 1958. "The Harran inscriptions of Nabonidus." Anatolian Studies 8: 35-92.
• Galter, H. D. 1983. Der Gott Ea/Enki in der akkadischen Uberlieferung: eine Bestandsaufnahme des vorhandenen Materials. Graz: Verlag für die Technische Universität Graz.
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• Geller, M.J. 1985. Forerunners to Udug-hul. Sumerian Exorcistic Incantations. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien, 12. Stuttgart.
• George, A.R. 1992. Babylonian Topographical Texts. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 40. Louvain: Peeters.
• George, A.R. 1993. House Most High. The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamian Civilizations, 5. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
• George, A.R. 2003. The Babylonian Gilgamesh epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• George, A.R. 2012. "Nergal and the Babylonian Cyclops." Bibliotheca Orientalis 69: 422-425.
• Gibson, McG. 1990. "Nippur 1990: Gula, goddess of healing and an Akkadian tomb." The Oriental Institute News and Notes 125.
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• Grafman, R. 1972. "Bringing Tiamat to Earth." Israel Exploration Journal 22: 47-49.
• Gragg, G. 1973. "The fable of the Heron and the Turtle." Archiv für Orientforschung 24: 51-72.
• Grayson, A.K. 1975. Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles. Texts from Cuneiform Sources, 5. Locust Valley: Augustin.
• Grayson, A.K. 1987. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennium BC (to 1115 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Assyrian Periods, 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Grayson, A. K. 1991. Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, 1 (1114-859 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Assyrian Periods, 2. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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• Gurney, O. 1960. "The Sultantepe Tablets (continued): VIII. The Myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal." Anatolian Studies 10: 105-131.
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• Hageneuer, S. 2007. "Nusku". In Iconography of Deities and Demons in the Ancient Near East [electronic pre-publication [http://www.religionswissenschaft.uzh.ch/idd/prepublication.php]] Zurich: University of Zurich.
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• Harris, R. 1962. "Bibliographical notes on the nadītu women of Sippar." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 16: 1-12.
• Harris, R. 1977. "Notes on the slave names of Old Babylonian Sippar." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 29: 46-51.
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• Heimpel, W. 1982. "A catalog of Near Eastern Venus deities." Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 4/3: 9-22.
• Heimpel, W. 1998-2001a. "Ninsiana." In Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9, pp. 487-488. Berlin: de Gruyter
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• Hilgert, Markus. 1994. "Erubbatum im Tempel des Dagan: eine Ur III-Zeitliche Urkunde aus Drehim." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 46: 29-39.
• Horowitz, W. 2001. Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
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I

• Izre'el, S. 2001. Adapa and the South Wind: Language has the Power of Life and Death. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

J

• Jacobsen, T. 1960. "The waters of Ur". Iraq 22: 174-185.
• Jacobsen, T. 1962. "Toward the image of Tammuz" History of Religions 1: 189-213.
Jacobsen, T. 1968. "The Battle between Marduk and Tiamat." Journal of the American Oriental Society 28: 104-108.
• Jacobsen, T. 1973. "Notes on Nintur." Orientalia 42: 274-298.
• Jacobsen, T. 1976. The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Jacobsen, T. 1987. The Harps that Once... Sumerian Poetry in Translation. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• Jacobsen, T. 1989. "The líl of ^dEn-líl", in H. Behrens, D.M. Loding, and M.T. Roth (eds.), DUMU-É-DUB-BA-A: Studies in Honor of Ake W. Sjöberg. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund, 11, ppp. 267-276. Philadelphia: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund.
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