Here is a list of places where you can read different Mesopotamian myths, hymns, and other information, translated into English.

_{^{Please note the difference between Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian sources. I am primarily a Sumerian polytheist, but find it helpful to be well-versed in the traditions of other Mesopotamian civilisations.}}

Note on abbreviations

• ETCSL: Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• eBL: electronic Babylonian Library
• ISTA: Internet Sacred Text Archive
• ORACC: Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus

ETCSL sources

• Dumuzid and Geshtinanna
• Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
• Enki and Ninmah
• Enki and the world order
• Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the netherworld (Inanna and the Huluppu Tree features in the beginning)
• Inanna and An
• Inanna and Bilulu
• Inanna and Ebih
• Inanna and Enki
• Inanna and Gudam
• Inanna and Shu-kale-tuda
• Inanna’s Descent
• The debate between sheep and grain

eBL sources

• Atrahasis (Story of the Flood)
• A Syncretistic Hymn to Ishtar
• Descent of Ishtar
• Enuma Elish (Story of Creation)
• Hymn to the Queen of Nippur
• The Epic of Gilgamesh
• A list of šuʾila to Ishtar (scroll to bottom for links)

ISTA sources

• Ishtar’s Descent by Marcus Jastrow
• Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer

ORACC

Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (AMGG)

• Anunna, Anunnaki
• Enki
• Enlil
• Ereshkigal
• Geshtinanna
• Igigi (Note: The Igigi are from later Akkadian traditions, not Sumerian)
• Inanna-Ishtar
• Nanna-Su’en
• Ninlil
• Utu-Shamash

State Archives of Assyria online (SAAo), Court Poetry and Miscellanea

• Ashurbanipal’s Hymn to the Ishtars of Nineveh and Arbela
• Ashurbanipal’s Hymn to Ishtar of Nineveh
• Ashurbanipal’s Hymn to the city of Arbela

Other

• The Exaltation of Inanna, annotated and translated by Sophus Helle
• The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzid, by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer
• The electronic Pennsylvania Dictionary of Sumerian version 2 (ePSD2), by ORACC

Books

• Moudhy Al Rashid. (2025). Between Two Rivers. Buy it here
• Samuel David. (2022). Lioness: The Song of Inanna. Buy it here
• Samuel David. (2021). Rod and Ring. Buy it here
• Betty De Shong Meador. (2001). Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart. Buy it here
• Sophus Helle. (2023). Enheduana: The complete poems of the world’s first author. Buy it here
• Louise Pryke. (2017). Ishtar. Buy it here
• Diane Wolkstein & Samuel Noah Kramer. (1983). Inanna, queen of heaven and earth.

Social media pages and accounts

• Temple of Inanna (Facebook group)
• The Assyrian Priestess – Instagram | Patreon
• Digital Hammurabi – Instagram | YouTube
• Dumu Enki – Instagram | YouTube

Audio/visual sources

• Peter Pringle. (2014, June 9). The Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcTsFe1PVs
  
• Peter Pringle. (2021, April 28). THE SEDUCTION OF THE GODDESS INANA [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JtJKrqR7-E
  
• Peter Pringle. (2023, March 3). THE EXALTATION OF INANNA in Sumerian [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/PSoLHfnr5Gc?si=E5YqOT0fWqG5NHhH