Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (3rd edition with Supplement)

Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, Third Edition with Supplement / James B. Pritchard......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION......Page 25
I. MYTHS, EPICS, AND LEGENDS......Page 27
Another Version of the Creation by Atum......Page 29
The Theology of Memphis......Page 30
The Repulsing of the Dragon and the Creation......Page 32
All Men Created Equal in Opportunity......Page 33
The Assignment of Functions to Thoth......Page 34
The Primeval Establishment of Order......Page 35
Deliverance of Mankind from Destruction......Page 36
The Repulsing of the Dragon......Page 37
The God and His Unknown Name of Power......Page 38
The Contest of Horus and Seth for the Rule......Page 40
Astarte and the Tribute of the Sea......Page 43
The Story of Si-nuhe......Page 44
The Taking of Joppa......Page 48
The Story of Two Brothers......Page 49
The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia......Page 51
The Legend of the Possessed Princess......Page 55
The Tradition of Seven Lean Years in Egypt......Page 57
The Conquest of Death......Page 58
The Good Fortune of the Dead......Page 59
The Protestation of Guiltlessness......Page 60
Enki and Ninhursag: a Paradise Myth......Page 63
Dumuzi and Enkimdu: the Dispute between the Shepherd-God and the Farmer-God......Page 67
The Deluge......Page 68
Gilgamesh and Agga......Page 70
Gilgamesh and the Land of the Living......Page 73
The Death of Gilgamesh......Page 76
Inanna's Descent to the Nether World......Page 78
The Duties and Powers of the Gods: Inscription on the Statue of King Kurigalzu......Page 83
The Creation Epic (E. A . Speiser)......Page 86
The Epic of Gilgamesh (E. A. Speiser)......Page 98
Creation of Man by the Mother Goddess (E. A. Speiser)......Page 125
A Cosmological Incantation: The Worm and the Toothache (E. A. Speiser)......Page 126
Adapa (E. A . Speiser)......Page 127
Nergal and Ereshkigal (E. A. Speiser)......Page 129
Atrahasis (E. A. Speiser)......Page 130
Descent of Ishtar to the Nether World (E. A. Speiser)......Page 132
A Vision of the Nether World (E. A. Speiser)......Page 135
The Myth of Zu (E. A. Speiser)......Page 137
Etana (E. A. Speiser)......Page 140
The Legend of Sargon (E. A. Speiser)......Page 145
Kingship in Heaven......Page 146
The Song of Ullikummis......Page 147
The Telepinus Myth......Page 152
Poems about Baal and Anath......Page 155
The Legend of King Keret......Page 168
The Tale of Aqhat......Page 175
II. LEGAL TEXTS......Page 183
Lipit-Ishtar Lawcode (S. N. Kramer)......Page 185
The Laws of Eshnunna (Albrecht Goetze)......Page 187
The Code of Hammurabi (Theophile J. Meek)......Page 189
The Middle Assyrian Laws (Theophile J. Meek)......Page 206
The Hittite Laws (Albrecht Goetze)......Page 214
The Neo-Babylonian Laws (Theophile J. Meek)......Page 223
Treaty between the Hittites and Egypt......Page 225
Treaty between Hattusilis and Ramses II......Page 227
Treaty between Mursilis and Duppi-Tessub of Amurru......Page 229
God List, Blessings and Curses of the Treaty between Suppiluliumas and Kurtiwaza......Page 231
Instructions for Temple Officials......Page 233
From the Instructions for the Commander of the Border Guards......Page 236
The Vizier of Egypt......Page 238
Results of a Trial for Conspiracy......Page 240
From the Record of a Lawsuit......Page 242
Old Assyrian......Page 243
Old Babylonian......Page 244
Nuzi Akkadian......Page 245
Middle Assyrian......Page 246
Neo-Babylonian......Page 247
Contract of Mibtahiah's Third Marriage......Page 248
III. HISTORICAL TEXTS......Page 251
Asiatic Campaigns under Pepi I......Page 253
Middle Kingdom Egyptian Contacts with Asia......Page 254
The Egyptian Mines in Sinai......Page 255
The Hyksos in Egypt......Page 256
The War against the Hyksos......Page 258
The Expulsion of the Hyksos......Page 259
The Asiatic Campaigns of Thut-mose III......Page 260
Lists of Asiatic Countries under the Egyptian Empire......Page 268
Pharaoh as a Sportsman......Page 269
The Asiatic Campaigning of Amen-hotep II......Page 271
Scenes of Asiatic Commerce in Theban Tombs......Page 274
The Egyptians and the Gods of Asia......Page 275
Texts from the Tomb of General Hor-em-heb......Page 276
Tut-ankh-Amon's Restoration after the Amarna Revolution......Page 277
The Era of the City of Tanis......Page 278
A Campaign of Seti I in Northern Palestine......Page 279
Campaigns of Seti I in Asia......Page 280
The Asiatic Campaigning of Ramses II......Page 281
The Journal of a Frontier Official......Page 284
The Pursuit of Runaway Slaves......Page 285
From the Lists of Ramses III......Page 286
The War against the Peoples of the Sea......Page 288
The Campaign of Sheshonk I......Page 289
The Sumerian King List......Page 291
The "Sargon Chronicle"......Page 292
Sargon of Agade......Page 293
Gudea, E N S I of Lagash......Page 294
List of Date Formulae of the Reign of Hummurabi......Page 295
The Babylonian King List B......Page 297
The Synchronistic Chronicle......Page 298
Tiglath-pileser I (1114-1076): Expeditions to Syria, the Lebanon, and the Mediterranean Sea......Page 300
Ashurnasirpal II (883-859): Expedition to Carchemish and the Lebanon......Page 301
Shalmaneser III (858-824): The Fight against the Aramean Coalition......Page 302
Adad-nirari III (810-783): Expedition to Palestine......Page 307
Tiglath-pileser III (744-727): Campaigns against Syria and Palestine......Page 308
Sargon II (721-705): The Fall of Samaria......Page 310
Sennacherib (704-681)......Page 313
Esarhaddon (680-669)......Page 315
Ashurbanipal (668-633)......Page 320
Text from the First Year of Belibni to the Accession Year of Shamashshumukin......Page 327
Text from the Tenth to the Seventeenth Year of Nabopolassar: Events Leading to the Fall of Nineveh......Page 329
Text from the Accession Year of Nabonidus to the Fall of Babylon......Page 331
Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562)......Page 333
Nabonidus (555-539)......Page 334
Cyrus (557-529)......Page 341
Xerxes (485-465)......Page 342
Antiochus Soter (280-262/1)......Page 343
Suppiluliumas Destroys the Kingdom of Mitanni......Page 344
Hattusilis on Muwatallis' War against Egypt......Page 345
The Moabite Stone......Page 346
The Lachish Ostraca......Page 347
IV. RITUALS, INCANTATIONS, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FESTIVALS......Page 349
The Daily Ritual in the Temple......Page 351
Curses and Threats......Page 352
The Execration of Asiatic Princes......Page 354
Religious Drama in Egypt......Page 355
Temple Program for the New Year's Festival at Babylon......Page 357
Ritual to be Followed by the Kalū-Priest when Covering the Temple Kettle-Drum......Page 360
Temple Ritual for the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Days of an Unknown Month at Uruk......Page 364
Ritual for the Repair of a Temple......Page 365
Program of the Pageant of the Statue of the God Anu at Uruk......Page 368
Daily Sacrifices to the Gods of the City of Uruk......Page 369
Ritual for the Purification of God and Man......Page 372
Ritual against Pestilence......Page 373
Purification Ritual Engaging the Help of Protective Demons......Page 374
Ritual against Impotence......Page 375
Ritual against Domestic Quarrel......Page 376
Evocatio......Page 377
The Soldiers' Oath......Page 379
Ritual before Battle......Page 380
Removal of the Threat Implied in an Evil Omen......Page 381
Ritual for the Erection of a House......Page 382
Ritual for the Erection of a New Palace......Page 383
The Festival of the Warrior-God......Page 384
V. HYMNS AND PRAYERS......Page 389
A Hymn to Amon-Re......Page 391
A Universalist Hymn to the Sun......Page 393
Amon as the Sole God......Page 394
The Hymn to the Aton......Page 395
Hymns to the Gods as a Single God......Page 397
Hymn to the Nile......Page 398
The Hymn of Victory of Thut-mose III......Page 399
From Amen-hotep Ill's Building Inscription......Page 401
Hymn of Victory of Mer-ne-Ptah (The "Israel Stela")......Page 402
Joy at the Accession of Ramses IV......Page 404
A Prayer to Re-Har-akhti......Page 405
Gratitude for a God's Mercy......Page 406
A Penitential Hymn to a Goddess......Page 407
Petition to a King......Page 408
Prayer of Lamentation to Ishtar......Page 409
Hymn to the Moon-God......Page 411
Prayer of Ashurbanipal to the Sun-God......Page 412
Hymn to the Sun-God......Page 413
Psalm to Marduk......Page 415
Prayer to the Gods of the Night......Page 416
Prayer to Every God......Page 417
Prayer of Pudu-hepas to the Sun-Goddess of Arinna and her Circle......Page 419
Plague Prayers of Mursilis......Page 420
Daily Prayer of the King......Page 422
Prayer to be Spoken in an Emergency......Page 423
Prayer of Arnuwandas and Asmu-Nikkal Concerning the Ravages Inflicted on Hittite Cult-Centers......Page 425
Prayer of Kantuzilis for Relief from his Sufferings......Page 426
VI. DIDACTIC AND WISDOM LITERATURE......Page 429
A Dispute over Suicide......Page 431
The Protests of the Eloquent Peasant......Page 433
Dispute between the Date Palm and the Tamarisk (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 436
The Instruction of the Vizier Ptah-hotep......Page 438
The Instruction for King Meri-ka-Re......Page 440
The Instruction of King Amen-em-het......Page 444
The Instruction of Prince Hor-dedef......Page 445
The Instruction of Ani......Page 446
The Instruction of Amen-em-Opet......Page 447
Proverbs (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 451
Counsels of Wisdom (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 452
The Words of Ahiqar......Page 453
In Praise of Learned Scribes......Page 457
The Satire on the Trades......Page 458
"I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom" (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 460
A Pessimistic Dialogue between Master and Servant (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 463
A Dialogue about Human Misery (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 464
The Admonitions of Ipu-wer......Page 467
The Prophecy of Nefer-rohu......Page 470
The Divine Nomination of Thut-mose III......Page 472
The Divine Nomination of an Ethiopian King......Page 473
A Divine Oracle through Visible Sign......Page 474
Oracles Concerning Esarhaddon (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 475
Oracle of Ninlil Concerning Ashurbanipal (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 476
Prophecies (Robert H. Pfeiffer)......Page 477
VII. LAMENTATIONS......Page 479
Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur......Page 481
VIII. SECULAR SONGS AND POEMS......Page 491
Love Songs......Page 493
Songs of the Common People......Page 495
In Praise of the City Ramses......Page 496
IX. LETTERS......Page 499
A Satirical Letter......Page 501
Letter of King Ibbi-Sin......Page 506
The Mari Letters......Page 508
The Amarna Letters......Page 509
Letters of the Jews in Elephantine......Page 517
X. MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS......Page 519
The Interpretation of Dreams......Page 521
Love Song to a King......Page 522
Investigating the Anger of the Gods......Page 523
Supplement to Ancient Near Eastern Texts......Page 525
CONTENTS OF THE SUPPLEMENT......Page 527
The Creation Epic: Additions to Tablets V-VII......Page 533
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Notes and Additions......Page 535
Nergal and Ereshkigal: Additions......Page 539
Atrahasis: Additional Texts......Page 544
The Myth of Zu......Page 546
A Babylonian Theogony......Page 549
El, Ashertu and the Storm-god......Page 551
II. LEGAL TEXTS......Page 553
The Laws of Ur-Nammu......Page 555
Sumerian Laws, YBC 2177......Page 557
The Edict of Ammisaduqa......Page 558
Treaty of Suppiluliumas and Aziras of Amurru......Page 561
Treaty between Niqmepa of Alalakh and Ir-dIM of Tunip......Page 563
Treaty between Ashurnirari V of Assyria and Mati'ilu of Arpad......Page 564
Treaty of Esarhaddon with Baal of Tyre......Page 565
The Vassal-Treaties of Esarhaddon......Page 566
Additional Mesopotamian Legal Documents (J. J. Finkelstein)......Page 574
Marriage Contract of a Former Slave Girl Who Is Subject to Paramone, 420 B.C......Page 580
III. HISTORICAL TEXTS......Page 583
Asiatics in Egyptian Household Service......Page 585
The War against the Hyksos (Continued)......Page 586
Dedication of the Shamash Temple by Yahdun-Lim......Page 588
The Story of Idrimi, King of Alalakh......Page 589
The Banquet of Ashurnasirpal II......Page 590
The Mother of Nabonidus ("The Family of Nabonidus," ANET2, 311-12)......Page 592
Nabonidus and His God......Page 594
The Conquest of Jerusalem......Page 595
The Assyrian King List......Page 596
A Seleucid King List......Page 598
Three Ostraca from Arad......Page 600
V . HYMNS AND PRAYERS......Page 603
Hymn to Enlil, the All-Beneficent......Page 605
Hymn to Ninurta as God of Vegetation......Page 608
Ishkur and the Destruction of the Rebellious Land......Page 609
Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence......Page 610
Hymnal Prayer of Enheduanna: The Adoration of Inanna in Ur......Page 611
Hymn to the Ekur......Page 614
Ur-Nammu Hymn: Building of the Ekur and Blessing by Enlil......Page 615
The King of the Road: A Self-Laudatory Shulgi Hymn......Page 616
VI. DIDACTIC AND WISDOM LITERATURE......Page 619
Man and his God: A Sumerian Variation of the "Job" Motif......Page 621
Dispute between the Tamarisk and the Date Palm......Page 624
Proverbs......Page 625
The Instructions of Shuruppak......Page 626
Counsels of Wisdom......Page 627
Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi, "I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom"......Page 628
The Dialogue of Pessimism......Page 632
The Babylonian Theodicy......Page 633
An Old Babylonian Oracle from Uruk......Page 636
A Letter to Ashurbanipal......Page 637
Prophecies......Page 638
VII. LAMENTATIONS......Page 641
Lamentation over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur......Page 643
IX. LETTERS......Page 653
Divine Revelations (a-j)......Page 655
A Happy Reign......Page 658
Punishment by Fire......Page 659
"The God of My Father"......Page 660
Divine Revelations (Appendix, k-x)......Page 661
Assignment to a New Lessor of Land Abandoned in the Egyptian Rebellion of 410 B.C.......Page 665
X. MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS......Page 667
Dumuzi and Inanna: Pride of Pedigree......Page 669
Dumuzi and Inanna: Courting, Marriage and Honeymoon......Page 670
Dumuzi and Inanna: The Ecstasy of Love......Page 671
Inanna and the King: Blessing on the Wedding Night......Page 672
Dumuzi and Inanna: Prayer for Water and Bread......Page 673
Dumuzi and Inanna: Prosperity in the Palace......Page 674
"Life Is Your Coming": The King as Brother and Son-in-law......Page 676
"Set Me Free, My Sister": The Sated Lover......Page 677
The Curse of Agade: The Ekur Avenged......Page 678
Ua-aua: A Sumerian Lullaby......Page 683
Azitawadda of Adana......Page 685
Kilamuwa of Y'dy-Sam'al......Page 686
Zakir of Hamat and Lu'ath......Page 687
Temple of Ba'l-(Zaphon)......Page 688
The King of Kedar......Page 689
The Uruk Incantation......Page 690
The Treaty between KTK and Arpad......Page 691
Agbar, Priest of the Moon-God in Nerab......Page 693
Eshmun'azar of Sidon......Page 694
Sabaean Inscriptions......Page 695
Minaean Inscriptions......Page 697
Qatabanian Inscriptions......Page 699
Hadrami Inscriptions......Page 701
ADDENDA......Page 703
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 709
INDEXES......Page 713
INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES......Page 715
INDEX OF NAMES......Page 719
ADDENDA......Page 743