1) Mesopotamian mythology 
The work known by its incipit, Angim, `The Return of Ninurta to Nippur,” is a rather obsequious 210-line mythological praise poem for the ancient Mesopotamian warrior-god Ninurta, describing his return to Nippur from an expedition to the mountains (KUR), where he boasts of his triumphs against `rebel lands` (KI.BAL), boasting to Enlil in the...