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Sumerian Religion

Sumerian Religion is a polytheistic religious system originating in ancient southern Mesopotamia, distinguished by its development of temple-centered worship, a pantheon headed by deities such as An, Enlil, and Inanna, and the earliest known corpus of mythological and ritual texts inscribed in the Sumerian language.

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The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character

Nels M. Bailkey, Samuel Noah Kramer · The American Historical Review · 1963 · 308 citations

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The Literature of ancient Sumer

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 116 citations

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Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer

Joan V. O'Brien, Diane Wolkstein, Samuel Noah Kramer · The Classical World · 1985 · 115 citations

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A New Look At the Sumerian Temple State

Benjamin R. Foster · Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient · 1981 · 97 citations

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The Sumerians: Their History, Culture and Character.

Joseph B. Raddin · Archives of Internal Medicine · 1964 · 67 citations

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Authors

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  1. SN
    Samuel Noah Kramer

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    3 publications · 479 citations

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  2. BR
    Benjamin R. Foster

    Natural Hazards Research Australia, Australia

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  3. CM
    Christopher Metcalf

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  4. TF
    Thomas F. McDaniel

    Midwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. WG
    W. G. Lambert

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 47 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    97 citations

  2. University of Graz

    Graz, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  4. University of Southern Denmark

    Odense, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  5. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

    Warsaw, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  6. University of New Haven

    West Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    97 citations

  7. St Christopher's Hospice

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

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  1. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    4 publications · 114 citations

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  2. Journal of Cuneiform Studies

    3 publications · 81 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 176 citations

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  4. Vetus Testamentum

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. Iraq

    2 publications · 43 citations

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