The Recordings

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The Old Babylonian Period (c. 1900-1500 BCE)

Ammi-Ditana’s Hymn to Ishtar

The Codex Hammurabi

The Epic of Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian Version, Tablet II

The Epic of Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian Version, BM+VAT

The Epic of Anzû, Old Babylonian Version, Tablet II

Atra-Hasīs, Old Babylonian Version, Tablet I

Diviner's Prayer to the Gods of the Night

Incantation for Dog Bite

Letter of Marduk-nāṣir to Ruttum (AbB III 15)

Letter of Kurkurtum to Erīb-Sîn (AbB XII 89)

The First Millennium BC

The Epic of Gilgamesh, Standard Version, Tablet XI

The Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi), Tablet II

The Babylonian Epic of Creation (Enūma elîš), Tablet I

Incantation for Tooth Worm

Ištar's Descent to the Netherworld

The Šamaš Hymn

The Poor Man of Nippur