Lilith first came to be in the Babylonian Talmud.
The character is generally thought to derive in part from a historically far earlier class of female demons -LRB- liltu -RRB- in ancient Mesopotamian religion , found in cuneiform texts of Sumer , the Akkadian Empire , Assyria , and Babylonia .	ancient Mesopotamian religion	ancient Mesopotamian religion	cuneiform	cuneiform script	Sumer	Sumer	Akkadian Empire	Akkadian Empire	Assyria	Assyria	Babylonia	Babylonia
