Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others

Stephanie Dalley's Oxford World's Classics translation collects the primary Babylonian and Assyrian mythological texts, including the complete Atrahasis flood epic, multiple Gilgamesh versions, the Descent of Ishtar, and the Enuma Elish. Clear modern English with extensive notes on variant readings. The most complete single-volume collection of Mesopotamian primary texts available for general readers.