Any Babylonian/Sumerian experts out there? - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums

adele.s · 28th June 2001, 06:55 AM

I'm busily researching Sumerian and Babylonian history and mythology (for use in writing a fanfic, in addition to my natural curiosity)... I haven't found a handy source for some of the writings I want yet.

I've found Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated : Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt by Gerald P. Verbrugghe, John M. Wickersham quite useful so far.

Is anyone else delving into this aspect of the series?

I'm also looking for any information about A. Mosshammer's Teubner edition of George Syncellus (Leipzig 1984). It is mentioned in a book review of the Verbrugghe/Wickersham book at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1997/97.06.11.html.

Yes, I know, I can't believe myself that I'm rooting around in all this dusty detail because of a fictional television series... but I've always had a passion for archae, paleo, and myth-ologies! :-D

Thanks for re-awakening that part of my personality, SG-1! Now, where did I put that coffee?
-- Adele

PTeppic · 2nd July 2001, 02:18 AM

An interesting variation is David Rohl's "Legend: The Genesis of Civilisation" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/009979991X/) which takes the Mesopotamian/Sumerian legends in detail and maps them onto the earliest parts of the Bible.

adele.s · 2nd July 2001, 02:47 AM

Don't have that one yet... maybe next paycheck.

I'm currently engrossed with:

The Sumerians, by C. Leonard Wooley
The Ancient Mediteraranean, by Michael Grant
The Sumerians, by Samuel Noah Kramer
and
Legacy The Search for Ancient Cultures, by Michael Wood (rereading this one; I've had it for years)

So many books, so little time...
-- Adele

kelsi · 19th August 2001, 10:44 AM

Anyone got a SIMPLE, accurate website address which might b OK just to find out major points/gods in Babylonian/Sumerian mythology?

adele.s · 20th August 2001, 09:55 PM

There are plenty of sites out there. This one is more Babylonian rather than Sumerian, but...
http://www.gatewaystobabylon.com/
-- Adele

kelsi · 25th August 2001, 06:45 AM

Thanx, I've bookmarked that page! Also, I found a great article on one of my reference CD's which lays it out really clearly as well. I keep meaning to get into Aztec's and Inca's, but their god's names are so complex!

28th June 2001, 06:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
adele.s Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 68	Any Babylonian/Sumerian experts out there? I'm busily researching Sumerian and Babylonian history and mythology (for use in writing a fanfic, in addition to my natural curiosity)... I haven't found a handy source for some of the writings I want yet. I've found Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated : Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt by Gerald P. Verbrugghe, John M. Wickersham quite useful so far. Is anyone else delving into this aspect of the series? I'm also looking for any information about A. Mosshammer's Teubner edition of George Syncellus (Leipzig 1984). It is mentioned in a book review of the Verbrugghe/Wickersham book at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1997/97.06.11.html. Yes, I know, I can't believe myself that I'm rooting around in all this dusty detail because of a fictional television series... but I've always had a passion for archae, paleo, and myth-ologies! :-D Thanks for re-awakening that part of my personality, SG-1! Now, where did I put that coffee? -- Adele

2nd July 2001, 02:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
adele.s Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 68	Thanks! Don't have that one yet... maybe next paycheck. I'm currently engrossed with: The Sumerians, by C. Leonard Wooley The Ancient Mediteraranean, by Michael Grant The Sumerians, by Samuel Noah Kramer and Legacy The Search for Ancient Cultures, by Michael Wood (rereading this one; I've had it for years) So many books, so little time... -- Adele

20th August 2001, 09:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
adele.s Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 68	Websites... There are plenty of sites out there. This one is more Babylonian rather than Sumerian, but... http://www.gatewaystobabylon.com/ -- Adele

2nd July 2001, 02:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
PTeppic Reetou Diplomatic Corp Join Date: May 2001 Location: North-west UK Posts: 3,086	An interesting variation is David Rohl's "Legend: The Genesis of Civilisation" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/009979991X/) which takes the Mesopotamian/Sumerian legends in detail and maps them onto the earliest parts of the Bible.

19th August 2001, 10:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
kelsi Expert Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sitting in front of my computer, at home, on Chulak. Posts: 1,411	Anyone got a SIMPLE, accurate website address which might b OK just to find out major points/gods in Babylonian/Sumerian mythology?

25th August 2001, 06:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
kelsi Expert Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Sitting in front of my computer, at home, on Chulak. Posts: 1,411	Thanx, I've bookmarked that page! Also, I found a great article on one of my reference CD's which lays it out really clearly as well. I keep meaning to get into Aztec's and Inca's, but their god's names are so complex!