W. G. Lambert's Babylonian Creation Myths, published posthumously by Eisenbrauns in 2013, is the standard scholarly critical edition and study of Babylonian creation texts including the Enuma Elish and its connection to the Akitu festival and the deities Tiamat and Marduk. Lambert was among the foremost Assyriologists of his generation. Its strength is that it is the authoritative critical edition of these texts, drawing on Lambert's decades of cuneiform expertise. Its limit is that it is a philological edition of the creation-myth corpus specifically, not a general source on Mesopotamian religion beyond it, so a claim about Mesopotamian religious practice more broadly needs a source addressing that wider subject.
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Published by Eisenbrauns, a specialist academic press for ancient Near Eastern studies, as W. G. Lambert's scholarly critical edition, peer reviewed university-level scholarship. NotesW. G. Lambert's standard scholarly critical edition and study of Babylonian creation myths, including the Enuma Elish and its deities Tiamat and Marduk, and their connection to the Akitu Festival. Use for the content of these Babylonian creation texts and their ritual context as this scholarly edition presents them; a critical philological edition, not a general source on Mesopotamian religion beyond the creation-myth corpus specifically.
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AuthorW. G. Lambert
PublisherEisenbrauns
Publication Year2013
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Babylonians directly: "W. G. Lambert's Babylonian Creation Myths, published posthumously by Eisenbrauns in 2013, is the standard scholarly critical edition and study of Babylonian creation texts including the Enuma Elish..."
This source names Marduk directly: "festival and the deities Tiamat and Marduk."
This source names Mesopotamians directly: "W. G. Lambert's Babylonian Creation Myths, published posthumously by Eisenbrauns in 2013, is the standard scholarly critical edition and study of Babylonian creation texts including the Enuma Elish..."
This source names Tiamat directly: "to the Akitu festival and the deities Tiamat and Marduk."
This source names Tiamat directly: "to the Akitu festival and the deities Tiamat and Marduk."
Claims Backed By This Source (50 claims)
This source backs 50 claims across the atlas. As facts: 29 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 2 connected. Plus 12 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Deities, 14 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.
- Sources, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 5 holds.
- Articles, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Figures, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Myths & Sacred Narratives, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Holidays & Festivals, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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29Myths & Sacred Narratives
General References
12Myths & Sacred Narratives
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