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Review: Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated DictionaryUser Review - SEB Logan - GoodreadsThis is a well-researched, accessibly-written collaborative survey/reference text on Ancient Mesopotamian cultures and religions. It has proven to be a very handy secondary source in my personal library of ANE texts. My only gripe: the entries could have been longer. Read full review Review: Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated DictionaryUser Review - Charles Thorland - GoodreadsA necessary reference for the well-stocked library. Read full review Related books
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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesabzu Adad Akkadian Akkadian Period ancient Mesopotamia animal appears associated Assur Assurnasirpal Assyrian king Babylon Babylonian Epic bird bull-man century BC clay creatures cult statue cylinder seal deities demons and monsters depicted Dilmun divine dreams Dumuzi Early Dynastic Period Enki Enkidu Enlil Epic of Creation Epic of Gilgames Ereskigal Eridu evil figure figurines Girsu goddesses and birth horned cap human Huwawa Imdugud Inana incantations Iskur Istar Istar Inana Kalhu modern Nimrud Kassite known kudurrus Lagas Lahmu Lamastu later lion magic and sorcery magically protective Marduk Mesopotamian Middle Assyrian millennium BC mother goddesses motif myth Nabu Nanna-Suen Neo-Assyrian Period Nergal Ningirsu Ningiszida Ninhursaga Ninlil Ninurta Nusku Old Babylonian Period palace priests probably reigned represented ritual sacrifice Samas Utu seems shrine Slain Heroes snake snake-dragon sometimes stone Sumer Sumerian Sumerian poem symbol tablet temple Third Dynasty Tiamat tradition underworld Uruk Uruk Period winged disc worshipped ziggurat Ziusura References to this bookFrom other books
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