I'm confused. Inanna represents Venus. But I see her being conflated with moon goddesses. There are also people writing that she is the goddess of everything including the moon, the universe and the earth. Where do they get that from? Foes Inanna have lunar powers because she waxes and wanes like tge moon?

I've sought to translate this on my own using the various dictionaries and academic translators available on the internet without much success, and was hoping I could get some help from the experts/expertise I've observed here.

ENU SHUB AM GIG ABSU KISH EGIGGA GAR SHAG DA SISIE AMARDA YA DINGIR UD KALAMA SINIKU DINGIR NINAB GUYU NEXRRANIKU GA YA SHU SHAGMUKU TU

* I am aware this prayer was popularized in the Simon Necronomicon which is a manufactured mash-up of prayer translations previously published in academic texts - however, I searched about a half-dozen academic sources and wasn't able to find anything even remotely similar to this particular prayer, which has only fueled my interest for a translation, even if only partial.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

So far from my own search I’ve found a-ba e-zé gub-da. Although I can imagine it’s probably wrong.

So far I’ve found éšša and kiri₄-zal. And I’m also looking for it in Akkadian as well and so far I’ve found gamru and possibly kiššatu. Although the second Akkadian one also seems to refer to the material world. Or would the word have to be a kind of descriptor of the concept like paradise or oneness. Or something like those.

From the Arts, science, writing, math, to the inventions like the wheel, beer, mascara, irigation, the calender, to time, and contracts. Ea, and Enlil were the guys running the Garden of Eden. Ea(Enki) was the serpent, Enlil was the guy in the bible who always spoke so harshly to man. Any arguments?

I have always been interested in ancient Sumerian mythology, have read a number of works, and want to continue reading.

What is don't like is that there doesn't seem to be any really complete collection. Everything I have read is a fragment of the total sum of works. I can't find a really definite and complete collection.

Can anyone help point me in the right direction?

I'm considering trying to translate the Litany Against Fear from Dune into Sumerian to then write it in cuneiform.

I need to get the syntax and the word order right though.

Greetings!
Was the concept of a worshipping a collective of Deities in the same temple, at the same time, used by the ancient Mesopotamians? Deities that were usually closely associated with each other were worshipped at the same time.
This association is usually represented by a certain number, think of a trinity. But it could be any other number of Deities, not just 3.
What were the Deities usually associated with it?
And if this was indeed a true case, i'd also like to know the name of a temple where archaeological evidence was found to support the concept.
Thank you!

Just like Enki is Jesus Christ.

And just like Abzu/Nammu is the God from the Book of Revelation.

Found this an a tablet in smaller town kalamazoo muesum, only got a picture of the cone. Curious on what it is?

I have been reading Sumerian literature for the past 6 months and I've a suspicion that Enlil is Jesus Chrsit. A creator by the name 'papa Son' from the website academia suggested in his paper "SUMER" that Enlil was infact Jesus Christ.

Im not sure whether he is right or wrong, I am a Christian so my natural response is to say he is wring. Can someone help me?

It seems like the cuneiform script had separate characters for only four vowels. How do we know that fourth vowel was /u/ and not /o/ the /a e i u/ inventory leaves a big gap on the vowel trapezoid. Natural languages have a tendency to even things out and we do have examples of four vowel languages with /a e i o/ such as Nāhuatl or Navajo. What makes us think that it is /u/ and not /o/ ?

I’m thinking of things like “little/dear one”, “precious”, or related things. Like something a parent, grandparent, aunt/uncle, etc would use.

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I've read that we have records of the ancient Sumerian's laws, poems and religion but what about records of the Sumerian's system of philosophy?

If we do have records of their system of philosophy, is it very little, alot or mostly preserved?

How much do we actually know about Sumerian Philosophy? Is it considered lost?

Is it among the ancients civilizations that we have little to no preserved knowledge of their Philosophy?

Any online sources that provide educational information about this topic?

Do you know about any good papers about it? Thanks in advance

if it's true that the ancient civilization was so advanced then, why didn't thoth save the things that should be saved like for example his books. do they have storage at that time?

It has often been pointed out that the Sumerian deities have been taken over in other religions and that Sumerian deities are the same in ancient Egyptian religion and ancient Greece.

But you never hear about parallels between Hindu deities such as Brahman, Vishnu, Shiva, Kali, Ganesha etc.

Have there been parallels between Hindu deities and deities of other ancient religions?

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Like maybe things like “first squad”, “second “””, etc? I’m getting into Warhammer 40k and am wanting to designate them in similar ways. Either that or (I guess) I could just piece things together. So far I’ve come up with Téš-bi Aš or “one together”. Although I can imagine there are better options.

Can someone translate me " i will try that" in sumerian. I could'nt find translator. Even better in sumerian alphabet.

Hey folks, I'm looking for some kind of book/sign list/dictionary ect that has the cunieform sign, the sumerian word for said sign, and the definition of the word. I can't seem to find anything that offers all three. Thanks in advance!

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