Marduk Prophecy translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary and Discussion

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Marduk Prophecy translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary and Discussion

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* My review of the Enuma Elish: https://youtu.be/xSY_h8helQo

* Tukulti-Ninurta Epic: https://youtu.be/9Tsh1Cm05JM

* Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm: Book Review: https://youtu.be/R8Igl5zP7iU

* Vaticinium ex eventu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaticinium_ex_eventu

* World History Encyclopedia: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/990/the-marduk-prophecy/

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The Cuthaean Legend of Naram-Sin translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, Classics)

According to Wikipedia, this text is also titled: Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

The Cuthaean Legend of Naram-Sin translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* Akkadian Literature: The Classical Period 1850-1500 B.C.: https://youtu.be/vzEm8Vl5LXM

* Akkadian Literature: The Archaic Period 2300-1850 B.C.: https://youtu.be/YfRJgsPRqJE

* Sargon, King of Battle: https://youtu.be/hIoAKGIC_lw

* My review of the Enuma Elish: https://youtu.be/xSY_h8helQo

* Oldest Stories Podcast: Slanderous Legends of Naram-Sin: https://youtu.be/A1_7gXhY-W0?si=FJHgHHP9yYtP1dfq

* Wikipedia article here: Cuthean Legend of Naram-Sin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthean_Legend_of_Naram-Sin

Wikipedia uses the spelling "Cuthean".  Benjamin Foster uses the spelling "Cuthaean"

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Sargon, King of Battle translated by Benjamin Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary & Discussion

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Sargon, King of Battle translated by Benjamin Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary & Discussion

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* Akkadian Literature: The Classical Period 1850-1500 B.C.: https://youtu.be/vzEm8Vl5LXM

* The Wikipedia article is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Battle

In the video, I misquoted the Wikipedia article slightly.  What it actually says is:

Of the twenty-three tales composed of the Kings of Akkad, this was one of only three, along with the Birth Legend of Sargon and the Cuthean Legend of Naram-Sin, to continue to circulate in the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, some 1,500 years after the events they describe.^[3]

...in the video I said 3 texts about Sargon, but I should have said 3 texts about the kings of Akkad.

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Hymn to Tiglath-Pileser I translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Discussion

Alternative title: A Heroic Poem in Celebration of Tiglath-pileser I's Muṣru-Qumanu Campaign

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Hymn to Tiglath-Pileser I translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Discussion

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm: Book Review: https://youtu.be/R8Igl5zP7iU

The article From Chicago University Press is available here: https://archive.org/details/hurowitz-westenholz-1990-musru-qumanu

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Tukulti-Ninurta Epic translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary & Discussion

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Tukulti-Ninurta Epic translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary & Discussion

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm: Book Review: https://youtu.be/R8Igl5zP7iU

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Akkadian Literature: The Classical Period 1850-1500 B.C. (from Before the Muses by Benjamin R. Foster)

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, The Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Akkadian Literature: The Classical Period 1850-1500 B.C. (from Before the Muses by Benjamin Foster)

These are the works contained within this section:

--To Ishtar

--To Nany

--To Papulegarra

--Self-Praise of Ishtar

--The Agushaya Poem

--Sargon, King of Battle

--The Sargon Letter

--The Siege of Apishal

--The Great Revolt

--Sin-Kashid, King of Uruk

--Naram-Sin, King of Eshnunna

--Hammurabi, King of Justice (i.e. prologue and epilogue to Hammurabi's Code of Laws)

--Hammurabi, for Whom Do You Wait?

--Will Hammurabi Be Victorious

--Samsuiluna, King of Babylon

--To Zimri-lim, King of Mari

--To Ibalpiel II, King of Eshnunna

--Dialogue Between a Man and His God

--At the Cleaners

--Lament for a City

--The Faithful Lover

--Nany and Muati

--Nany and Rim-Sin

--Where Has My Lover Gone

--A Lover's Riddle

--Come in, Shepherd

--Your Heartbeat Is My Reveille

--She Has Never Given Birth

--The Child's Arms Are Bound

--To Calm a Baby

--Anu Begot Her

--She is Fierce

--A Demon

--Against the Evil Eye

--Various Diseases

--All Diseases

--Against an Infant Illness

--Against a Mote in the Eye

--Against Joint Pain

--Against a Disease of Sheep and Goats

--Against Gas Pains

--Against Stomach Ache

--Against Arousal

--Against Hunger and Thirst

--Against Witchcraft

--Against a Noxious Herb

--Against Dogs

--Against Snakes

--Against Flies

--Against Scorpions

--Against a Water Monster

--Against a Bleating Goat

--Horns of Gold

--Look at Me!

--To the Gods of Night

--To Shamash and God of the Night

--The Cedar

--The Lamb

--Will Ur-Utu be Alive and Well

--Kussulu to the Moon-god

--Ur-Nanshe to Ninsianna

--Apil-Adad to "God My Father"

--Ninurta-qarrad to Ninmug

--Ahushunu to the Guardian of Life

--To Zimri-Rim, King of Mari

--A Ghost's Entreaty

--A Letter Writing Exercise

--A Declaration of War

--Atrahasis

--Ishtar, Harasser of Men

--To a Passer-by

--Priestly Abuse of Office

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* Akkadian Literature: The Archaic Period 2300-1850 B.C.: https://youtu.be/YfRJgsPRqJE

* The Agushaya Poem: https://youtu.be/RA8H520uNtE

* Dialogue between a Man and His God: https://youtu.be/ixGBIp3b8No

* Atra-Hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood: https://youtu.be/tyH93pDKr3k

* The Code of Hammurabi King of Babylon: https://youtu.be/sKRdvH2J8I8

* Currently reading Gilgamesh the King by Robert Silverberg: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/05/started-gilgamesh-king-by-robert.html

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Dialogue between a Man and His God translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Discussion

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Dialogue between a Man and His God translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Discussion

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* My review of Ludlul bel Nemeqi: The Babylonian Poem of the Righteous Sufferer: https://youtu.be/MsmxO5eysCc

* My review of the Book of Job: https://youtu.be/4YfUzFwkwlE

* Wikipedia page for Dialogue between a Man and His God: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue_between_a_Man_and_His_God

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The Agushaya Poem translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary and Discussion

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

The Agushaya Poem translated by Benjamin R. Foster (from Before the Muses): Summary and Discussion

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

Digital Hammurabi video on The Agushaya Poem: https://youtu.be/gbptE5Z5VXY?si=lcQ1UJyvsI9FpMd0

Wikipedia article on The Agushaya Poem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agushaya_Hymn

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Akkadian Literature: The Archaic Period 2300-1850 B.C. (from Before the Muses by Benjamin R. Foster)

(Book Review--Blogging the Canon, The Classics)

From my reading of Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Akkadian Literature: The Archaic Period 2300-1850 B.C. (from Before the Muses by Benjamin R. Foster)

These are the works contained within this section:

--The Valorous Sun

--Star Incantation

--Sargon the King

--Sargon the Victorious

--Naram-Sin and the Great Revolt

--Naram-Sin and the Gods

--Against a Demon

--Against the Evil Eye

--Love Charm

--Do Not Sit on a Chair!

--The Predatory Gutians

--Sargon, Lord of the Lies

--She is Singular

--She is Furious

--Against Dogs

Links to Stuff mentioned: 

Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

That footnote I was looking for was actually at the top of the text, and not the bottom of the text, which is why I couldn't find it.  It just said "The final section is parodied in I.6"  (I.6 is Sargon, Lord of the Lies) in this edition.

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* Babylonian / Akkadian Literature Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BtyzrSv3NMPA3VpzLIuq8&si=x0yeQPCkXyxtPCr4

* Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4Cvg1Yw4LQyKEXIwDwo1m0&si=X6OZ7Ectw-fzHbCn

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Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster (This is an anthology volume.  I'm not entirely sure how I'll break it up.  The past few years, my general policy with anthology volumes has been to review each entry separately, but this book is way too long to attempt to review each entry separately. Besides, some of the entries in this volume are only a page long, or sometimes even less than a page, and that's obviously not worth doing a whole review on.  So, I think what I'll do with this book is review some of the individual entries separately (the ones that are longer or more significant) and then wrap this up with a final review of the whole volume once I finish it.  We'll see, though.  I reserve the right to change my mind as I work through this book.

Some of the entries in this book will be rereads for me, namely: Enuma Elish, Epic of Anzu, Atra-Hasis, and The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer.  Although my current policy is to review rereads, in this case, because there's so much stuff in this volume, I won't be giving separate reviews to those works that I've just recently read. 

Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster

Links to stuff mentioned:

* Channel Update: I'm going to indefinitely stop doing Weekly Reading Vlogs and Starting Videos: https://youtu.be/cmaIdb3Mn2w

* My review of The Enuma Elish: https://youtu.be/0o7NpluHywc

* My review of Atra-Hasis: https://youtu.be/tyH93pDKr3k

* My non-review of The Epic of Anzu: https://youtu.be/4N19KSSkuRY

* My review of The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer: https://youtu.be/MsmxO5eysCc

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Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4Cvg1Yw4LQyKEXIwDwo1m0&si=X6OZ7Ectw-fzHbCn

Check out this book on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3HeIruz                  (This is an Amazon Associate's Link.  If you buy anything through that link, I get a commission.)