Litke Richard L. A reconstruction of the Assyro-Babylonian god-lists: AN:dA-nu-um and AN:Anu ŝá amēli

Yale Babylonian Collection, 1998. — 346 p. — (Texts from the Babylonian Collection 3).For a study of the religion and culture of the Assyro-Babylonians, the explanatory series An: dAnu-
um possesses unique importance. Because it contains not only a systematic catalog of the
ancient pantheon of these peoples, but also an explanation of the relationships of the numerous
deities within the pantheon to one another, such a list is an invaluable aid to the proper
understanding of almost every type of written document that has come down from ancient
Mesopotamia.
Although a large number of duplicate texts of this ancient god-list have been published, the
imperfect condition of most of theSe texts has always caused some uncertainty as to the
arrangement of the material within the series; and the numerous lacunae in this important work
have often detracted from its general usefulness. From time to time, efforts have been put forth
to reconstruct the series, but the difficulties involved have limited such efforts. There has been,
therefore, a real need for texts of the Series that are more complete and that can provide a means
of locating the position of the many texts that have already been published.