'In this excellent study, Gwendolyn Leick presents an extensive body of Sumerian an dAkkadian cuneiform poems, magic spells, myths and stories bearing on a wide range of sexual themes.' – Antiquity

• List of illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Notes for Non-Assyriologist readers Abbreviations Chronological Chart Map Introduction Part I: The Sumero-Akkadian tradition of the third and early second millennium, The cosmological articulation of sexuality 1. Masculine sexuality in Sumerian Literature 2. Femininity and Eroticism in Sumerian Literature Part II: Sources from the later second and first millennium Glossary Illustrations Bibliography

'In this excellent study, Gwendolyn Leick presents an extensive body of Sumerian an dAkkadian cuneiform poems, magic spells, myths and stories bearing on a wide range of sexual themes.' – Antiquity

• List of illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Notes for Non-Assyriologist readers Abbreviations Chronological Chart Map Introduction Part I: The Sumero-Akkadian tradition of the third and early second millennium, The cosmological articulation of sexuality 1. Masculine sexuality in Sumerian Literature 2. Femininity and Eroticism in Sumerian Literature Part II: Sources from the later second and first millennium Glossary Illustrations Bibliography

'In this excellent study, Gwendolyn Leick presents an extensive body of Sumerian an dAkkadian cuneiform poems, magic spells, myths and stories bearing on a wide range of sexual themes.' – Antiquity

• List of illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Notes for Non-Assyriologist readers Abbreviations Chronological Chart Map Introduction Part I: The Sumero-Akkadian tradition of the third and early second millennium, The cosmological articulation of sexuality 1. Masculine sexuality in Sumerian Literature 2. Femininity and Eroticism in Sumerian Literature Part II: Sources from the later second and first millennium Glossary Illustrations Bibliography