Older Akkadian Literature

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This lists enumerates The Archaic Period materials as described in Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature, 3rd. ed. (CDL Press, 2005). It should be noted, however, that the materials listed here do not correspond to Old Akkadian, viz. Sargonic, literature, but rather, simply, to literary texts written in Akkadian prior to the Old Babylonian period. This list therefore includes materials from the late Early Dynastic period (ED IIIb), the Old Akkadian or Sargonic period as well as Old Assyrian materials.

• I.1 The Valorous Sun (pp. 50-51) = Biggs, OIP 99, 326, 342
  

• II.2 Star Incantation (pp. 52-53) = Edzard, Archivi Reali de Ebla 5 I, pl. I, XLII
  

• II.3 Sargonic KIngs and their Times
  • I(a) Sargon the King (pp. 57-58) = Poebel, PBS 5, 34 + Legrain, PBS 15, 41, obv. ii 8-60; Ni 3200, obv. ii 23-25
    
    • b) Sargon the Victorious (pp. 58) = Poebel, PBS 5, 34 + Legrain, PBS 15, 41, obv. vi 41-47; Ni 3200, obv. vi 17-26
      
    • (c)Naram-Sin and the Great Revolt (pp. 59-62) = R. Kutscher, The Brockmon Tablets of the University of Haifa, Royal Inscriptions, BT 1, 110-111, 118-119; Wilcke, ZA 87 (1997), 31-32; Michalowski, JCS 32 (1980), 243, 245 N 3539 (+) Poebel, PBS 5, 36 (+?) 37
      
    • (d) Naram-Sin and the Gods (p. 63) = al-Fouadi, Sumer 32 (1976), plates after p. 76
      

• I.4 Incantations
  • (a) Against a Demon (p. 64) = D. I. Owen, Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts, Primarily from Nippur, 917
    
  • (b) Against the Evil Eye (p. 65) = Legrain, MDP 14, 90 (p. 123 and pl. 11)
    
  • (c) Love Charm (pp. 66-68) = Westenholz, OrNS 46 (1977), 200
    

• I.5 Old Akkadian Letters
  • (a) Do Not Sit on a Chair! (p. 69) = Thureau-Dangin, RA 23 (1926), 25
    
  • (b) The Predatory Gutians (p. 70) = Westenholz in Volk, FAOS 19 (1995), pl. 7
    

• I.6 Sargon, Lord of the Lies (pp. 71-75) = Günbatti, Archivum Anatolicum 3 (1997), 152-155
• I.7 Incantations
  • (a) She is Singular (p. 76) = Clay, BIN 4, 126
    
  • (b) She is Furious (p. 77) = Michel, OrNS 66 (1997), 61
    
  • (c) Against Dogs (p. 78) = Veenhof, WZKM 86 (1996), 427
    

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