Atra-Hasis
The Babylonian Story of the Flood, with the Sumerian Flood Story
Wilfred G. Lambert, Alan R. Millard, and Miguel Civil
Atra-Hasis
The Babylonian Story of the Flood, with the Sumerian Flood Story
Wilfred G. Lambert, Alan R. Millard, and Miguel Civil
The Babylonian flood story of Atra-hasis is of vital importance to ancient Near Eastern and biblical scholars, as well as students of history, anthropology, and comparative religion. Professors Lambert and Millard provide the reader with a detailed introduction, transliterated Akkadian with English translation, critical notes, and line drawings of the cuneiform tablets.
- Description
- Table of Contents
The epic opens in a time when only the gods lived in the universe. Having decided on their established spheres of influence, the chief Mesopotamian gods—Anu, Enlil, and Enki—began their divine labors. In a joint effort, Enki and Mami (the mother goddess) engineered the creation of mankind from clay and the flesh and blood of a slain god. The remainder of the story recounts the expansion of humanity, the consequent irritation of Enki by this expansion, the attempt by Enki and Enlil to destroy humankind through a great flood, and the escape from the flood by Atra-hasis in a boat, accompanied by his possessions, family, and animals.
This classic scholarly edition of the epic is once again made available as a quality Eisenbrauns reprint.
Introduction
Excursus: Early Human History
Notes on Orthography and Grammar
The Manuscripts
List of Manuscripts
Atra-hasis, Text and Translation
Tablet I
Tablet II
Tablet III
S reverse
The Flood Story from Ras Shamra
Berossus
The Sumerian Flood Story (M. Civil)
Philological Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
List of Names
Cuneiform Texts
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