#babylonian mythology
Relief image on the Tablet of Shamash (Sippar, 800s BC).
This relief shows the sun god Shamash on the throne, in front of the Babylonian king Nabû-apla-iddina (r. 888 – 855 BC) between two interceding deities. The text tells how the king made a new cultic statue for the god and gave privileges to his temple.
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Babylonian Deities
Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonian mythology was greatly influenced by their Sumerian counterparts and was written on clay tablets inscribed with the cuneiform script derived from Sumerian cuneiform. The myths were usually either written in Sumerian or Akkadian. Some Babylonian texts were translations into Akkadian from the Sumerian language of earlier texts, although the names of some deities were changed.
Some of the stories of the Tanakh are believed to have been based on, influenced by, or inspired by the legendary mythological past of the Near East.
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