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From: Ph.D. dissertation · William R. Sladek · 1974
"Inanna's Descent" is a transliteration of the Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld afterlife myth. It was published by William R. Sladek in 1974 as part of a Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University. In chapter VIII (8), a transliteration of the original text in Sumerian cuneiform is provided. The poem is 412 lines long.
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Inanna's Descent": Transliteration by William R. Sladek." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 29 Apr. 2019, omnika.org/stable/105. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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Sladek, William R. "Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld: A dissertation submitted to the Johns Hopkins University in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." PhD diss., Johns Hopkins University, 1974.
Sladek, William R., trans. "Ch. IX / Inanna's Descent Translation." In "Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld: A dissertation submitted to the Johns Hopkins University in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy," 153-181, edited by William R. Sladek. Ph.D. diss., Johns Hopkins University, 1974.
