"Inanna's Descent" outlines all the scholarship related to the Sumerian afterlife myth named "Inanna's descent to the netherworld." The work contains a chronological survey of the scholarship, as well as an appendix of over forty artifact pictures and citation details. The work was produced by Dedović while he was studying death and burial rituals in the ancient world at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

The The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL) is a digital project sponsored and hosted by the University of Oxford (Faculty of Oriental Studies). It contains ancient Sumerian literature that includes myths, proverbs, letters, king lists, and more. The project was started in 1997, led by Jeremy Black, and funding for it ended in 2006.

Dr. William R. Sladek passed away on November 6, 1993, at his home. He was a scholar and professor who contributed to the humanities. He earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins University in 1974 and published a dissertation on "Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld," a Sumerian afterlife myth. In this publication, he contributed important artifact findings as well as a comprehensive translation of the myth. Dr. Sladek taught in Maryland (University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus) while living in Pennsylvania. At the time of his obituary, he was survived by a son, Michael E. Sladek of Felton RD 1; a brother, Dr. Robert Sladek of Orange Park, Fla.; and a sister, Barbara Wallace of Silver Spring, Md. His obituary was originally published in the York Daily Record.