The collection includes the best examples of Babylonian-Assyrian literature: the famous “Epic of Gilgamesh”, the legend of Atrahasis, the epic poem about Nergal and Ereshkigal and other poems. “Dialogue of Two Lovers”, “Conversation between a Master and a Slave”, “Babylonian Theodicy”, “The Tale of the Poor Man of Nippur”, spells, prayers, conspiracies, annals, inscriptions, reports of the Assyrian kings.