Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller -- Introduction / I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller -- Sumerian Gods: Combining the Evidence of Texts and Art / W.G. Lambert -- Moon, Boats and Battle / Dominique Collon -- More Insights into Representations of the Moon God in the Third and Second Millennium B.C. / Gudrun Colbow -- Transtigridian Snake Gods / F.A.M. Wiggermann -- Nanaya: Lady of Mystery / Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Gendered Sexuality in Sumerian Love Poetry / Jerrold S. Cooper -- The God Martu in Sumerian Literature / Jacob Klein -- Why did Enki Organize the World? / Herman L.J. Vanstiphout -- Myths in Mesopotamian Art / Anthony Green -- The Names of the Sumerian Temples / Dietz Otto Edzard -- ‘The Holy Drum, the Spear, and the Harp’ Towards an Understanding of the Problems of Deification in Third Millennium Mesopotamia / Gebhard J. Selz -- How the Common Man Influences the Gods of Sumer / Alasdair Livingstone -- Sumerian Origins / Julian Reade -- Back Matter -- Indices / I.L. Finkel and M.J. Geller.

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