Ninurta's Exploits: A Šir-sud to Ninurta
Ninurta's Exploits: A Šir-sud to Ninurta (ETCSL 1.6.2)
Sumerian
Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
81 pages
About This Book
Myths and EpicsNinurtatheologyliteraturemilitarypolitics
Ninurta’s Exploits is the foundational myth of Mesopotamian civilization. It tracks a warrior god as he crushes a monstrous threat and literally reorganizes the landscape to sustain human life.