《The Ancient Near East An Anthology of Texts and Pictures》

Ⅰ．EGYPTIAN MYTHS AND TALES＆JOHN A．WILSON1

The Memphite Theology of Creation1

Deliverance of Mankind from Destruction3

The Story of Sinuhe5

The Story of Two Brothers12

The Journey of Wen-Amon to Phoenicia16

The Tradition of Seven Lean Years in Egypt24

Ⅱ．MYTHS AND EPICS FROM MESOPOTAMIA28

A SUMERIAN MYTH＆S．N．KRAMER28

The Deluge28

AKKADIAN MYTHS AND EPICS＆E．A．SPEISER31

The Creation Epic31

The Epic of Gilgamesh40

A Cosmological Incantation：The Worm and the Toothache75

Adapa76

Descent of Ishtar to the Nether World80

The Legend of Sargon85

Ⅲ．A HITTITE MYTH＆ALBRECHT GOETZE87

The Telepinus Myth87

Ⅳ．UGARITIC MYTHS AND EPICS＆H．L．GINSBERG92

Poems about Baal and Anath92

The Tale of Aqhat118

Ⅴ．LEGAL TEXTS133

COLLECTIONS OF LAWS FROM MESOPOTAMIA133

The Laws of Eshnunna＆ALBRECHT GOETZE133

The Code of Hammurabi＆THEOPHILE J．MEEK138

DOCUMENTS FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW167

Mesopotamian Legal Documents＆THEOPHILE J．MEEK167

Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine＆H．L．GINSBERG170

Ⅵ．EGYPTIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS＆JOHN A．WILSON173

The Expulsion of the Hyksos173

Asiatic Campaign of Thut-mose Ⅲ175

A Campaign of Seti I in Northern Palestine182

The Report of a Frontier Official183

A Syrian Interregnum184

The War Against the Peoples of the Sea185

The Megiddo Ivories187

The Campaign of Sheshonk Ⅰ187

Ⅶ．ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN HISTORICAL TEXTS＆A．LEO OPPENHEIM188

Ashurnasirpal Ⅱ(883-859)：Expedition to the Lebanon188

Shalmaneser Ⅲ(858-824)：The Fight Against the Aramean Coalition188

Adad-nirari Ⅲ(810-783)：Expedition to Palestine192

Tiglath-pileser Ⅲ(744-727)：Campaigns Against Syria and Palestine193

Sargon Ⅱ(721-705)：The Fall of Samaria195

Sennacherib(704-681)：The Siege of Jerusalem199

Esarhaddon(680-669)：The Syro-Palestinian Campaign201

Receipt of Tribute from Palestine202

HISTORIOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTS202

The Fall of Nineveh202

The Fall of Jerusalem203

The Fall of Babylon203

Nebuchadnezzar Ⅱ(605-562)205

Cyrus(557-529)206

Ⅷ．PALESTINIAN INSCRIPTIONS＆W．F．ALBRIGHT209

The Gezer Calendar209

The Moabite Stone209

The Ostraca of Samaria211

The Siloam Inscription212

The Lachish Ostraca212

Ⅸ．CANAANITE AND ARAMAIC INSCRIPTIONS＆FRANZ ROSENTHAL215

BUILDING INSCRIPTIONS215

Yehimilk of Byblos215

Azitawadda of Adana215

Kilamuwa of Y＇dy-Sam＇al217

Barrakab of Y＇dy-Sam＇al218

CULTIC INSCRIPTIONS219

Ben-Hadad of Damascus219

Kilamuwa of Y＇dy-Sam＇al219

Zakir of Hamat and Lu＇ath219

Yehawmilk of Byblos220

The Marseilles Tariff221

The Carthage Tariff223

Ⅹ．RITUALS AND HYMNS225

EGYPTIAN EXECRATION TEXTS＆JOHN A．WILSON225

The Execration of Asiatic Princes225

EGYPTIAN HYMNS＆JOHN A．WILSON226

The Hymn to the Aton226

Hymn of Victory of Mer-ne-Ptah(The＂Israel Stela＂)231

AN AKKADIAN HYMN＆FERRIS J．STEPHENS231

Hymn to Ishtar231

Ⅺ．WISDOM，PROPHECY，AND SONGS234

EGYPTIAN INSTRUCTIONS＆JOHN A．WILSON234

The Instruction of the Vizier Ptah-hotep234

The Instruction of Amen-em-Opet237

PROVERBS FROM MESOPOTAMIA＆ROBERT H．PFEIFFER244

ARAMAIC PROVERBS AND PRECEPTS＆H．L．GINSBERG245

The Words of Ahiqar245

AKKADIAN OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE＆ROBERT H．PFEIFFER250

A Pessimistic Dialogue between Master and Servant250

EGYPTIAN PROPHECIES，SONGS，AND POEMS＆JOHN A．WILSON252

The Prophecy of Nefer-rohu252

Love Songs257

In Praise of the City Ramses258

Ⅻ．LETTERS260

AKKADIAN LETTERS＆W．F．ALBRIGHT260

The Mari Letters260

The Amarna Letters262

ARAMAIC LETTERS＆H．L．GINSBERG278

Letters of the Jews in Elephantine278

Index to Biblical References283

Illustrations285

Index and Glossary374