The publication, translated by the outstanding St. Petersburg orientalist V.K. Shileiko (1891-1930), contains epic texts, hymns, incantations, prayers, royal inscriptions, laments, and predictive texts. The book was prepared for the World Literature publishing house in 1920, but for financial reasons it was not published at that time. The current edition also includes plays written by V.K. Shileiko based on Assyro-Babylonian myths, letters, an essay about the life and work of the scientist, bibliography and illustrations.