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ISBN: Unknown
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Language: English
Published: 2006
Publisher: London, UK: The British Museum Press
Author: Aaron Shaffer
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Sumerian

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Sumerian religion refers to spiritual beliefs practiced from ca. 4500-1900 BCE in Mesopotamia, or modern-day southern Iraq. Many deities were diffused into other Mesopotamian cultures.

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Akkadian

Polytheistic

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Assyrian

Polytheistic

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Babylonian

Polytheistic

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UET 6/1 9 / Inanna's Descent

Clay Tablet

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UET 6/1 10 / Inanna's Descent

Clay Tablet

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UET 6/1 8 / Inanna's Descent

Clay Tablet

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Aaron Shaffer

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Aaron Shaffer was a cuneiform specialist who worked for The British Museum.

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Shaffer, Aaron, and Marie-Christine Ludwig. Ur Excavations Texts VI.3: Literary and Religious Texts. Third Part. London, England: British Museum Publications, 2006.

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