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Type: Book
ISBN: Unknown
Page count: 212
Published: 1914
Publisher: Other: Unknown
Author: Stephen Herbert Langdon
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In 1914, Stephen H. Langdon published The Babylonian Expedition of The University of Pennsylvania: Series A: Cuneiform Texts. Vol. XXXI, commonly abbreviated as BE 31, a collection of artifact sketches from expeditions done by the University of Pennsylvania between 1890 to 1899. The text contains sketches of clay cuneiform tablets with Sumerian inscriptions. Many myths, hymns, and stories are referenced.

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The Babylonian religion was practiced throughout modern-day Iraq and the general near east (Mesopotamia) during antiquity. Its chief deity was Marduk.

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Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld

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Sumerian

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Artifacts cited

Ni 368 / Inanna's Descent

Clay Tablet

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Ni 2279 / Inanna's Descent

Clay Tablet

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Stephen Herbert Langdon

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Stephen Herbert Langdon was an American Assyriologist.
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Langdon, Stephen H. The Babylonian Expedition of The University of Pennsylvania: Series A: Cuneiform Texts. Vol. XXXI, Historical and Religious Texts from the Temple Library of Nippur. Leipzig: August Pries, 1914.

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