Myths From Mesopotamia, Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh and Others by Dalley, Stephanie (translator) - 1989

Oxford: Oxford University Press, Clarendon, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. 337 pages, index, glossary, notes. New translations from the epics written in Akkadina including the Creation myths and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Here the best preserved cuneiform texts have been used as new understandings of the grammar and lexicography have been developed. There is also a list of deities, place-name and key terms as well as a chronological chart and map.A fine copy bound in black cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a fine pictorial dust jacket.