Text · Sumerian · Philadelphia
Eridu Genesis (The Flood story, ETCSL 1.7.4)
A Sumerian flood: Ziusudra's huge boat is tossed for seven days and seven nights before the sun god returns.
c.1600 BCE copy (composition earlier)
A Sumerian hero builds a boat to save life, long before Genesis. Who told the story first, and why does it keep returning?
Photo: Onceinawhile (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons