- Tradition
- Akkadian hymn, Kassite period (c. 1500 BCE). The fullest surviving Mesopotamian theology of the sun and of cosmic justice; strongly resonant with Psalm 19.
- Translation
- Translation by Benjamin R. Foster, *Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature*, 3rd ed. (Bethesda: CDL Press, 2005), §III.32 Shamash Hymn, drawing on the edition in W. G. Lambert, *Babylonian Wisdom Literature* (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960), pp. 121-138. Substantial selection from Foster's translation of the c. 200-line hymn; see source edition for complete text. Used under fair-use principles for non-commercial educational and religious commentary; copyright remains with the publishers.
- License
- Used under fair-use principles for non-commercial educational and religious commentary. Copyright remains with the publisher.