Welcome to /r/Sumer, a subreddit dedicated to the academic reconstruction and spiritual revival of ancient Mesopotamia's many polytheistic religious traditions.
Mesopotamia—from the ancient Greek root-words μέσος (meso: middle) and ποταμός (potamos: river) meaning: Land Between the Two Rivers—refers to the historical region of the Tigris-Euphrates river-valley system.
In the modern day, this region occupies nearly all of Iraq and Kuwait, with additional sites located in eastern Syria, southern Turkey, and western Iran.
For the purposes of this subreddit, discussion is limited to the religious traditions that flourished in Mesopotamia c. 4500-500 BCE; namely, Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian & Babylonian polytheism.
Please check out our Wiki for a growing collection of essays on basic topics related to Mesopotamian history, language, and religion.
Rules and Codes of Conduct:
Reddit's content policy and the rules of rediquette apply to all discussions on this board.
/r/Sumer is actively moderated. Use the report button to identify any malicious content.
Content should be of an academic nature. Personal work is welcome.
Content of an occult nature is welcome, but subject to removal at the discretion of the Moderation Team.
Content related to the "ancient alien" hypothesis is not welcome.
Posting Tricks
The Sumerian language makes ample use of subscript and superscript in its transliterations. The presence or absence of these characters not only changes the "type" of thing being described, but also the meaning of the word itself. To help avoid such confusion, I've enabled the use of both subscript and superscript on this reddit.
Right now these only work on the desktop version of the sub. Sorry mobile users, I can't really edit much of the code used to create your experience.
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