Sumerian and Akkadian Deities

The gods of Sumer and Akkad, the earliest literate civilizations of southern Mesopotamia, whose shared pantheon and cuneiform mythological literature underlie the later Babylonian and Assyrian religious traditions gathered separately in this atlas. The pantheon includes major deities of the Sumerian city-states alongside classes of lesser divine beings, such as the sages called Apkallu credited with bringing civilization to humanity before the flood.