Atrahasis (Old Babylonian Flood and Creation Epic, c. 18th–7th century BCE)

1. Berossus retells a Babylonian flood in Greek

   Jan 1, 278 BCELabels: Berossus, Xisuthrus

   • Livius

2. Ashurbanipal’s library preserves ancient flood literature

   Jan 1, 612Labels: Ashurbanipal, Nineveh

   • British Museum
   • Wikipedia

3. Neo-Assyrian scribes copy Atrahasis at Nineveh

   Jan 1, 650Labels: Neo-Assyria, Nineveh

   • British Museum
   • Wikipedia

4. Atrahasis flood story reused in Gilgamesh Tablet XI

   Jan 1, 1100Labels: Gilgamesh Tablet, Atrahasis

   • Wikipedia
   • Wikipedia

5. Old Babylonian Atrahasis tablets produced at Sippar

   Jan 1, 1635Labels: Sippar, Old Babylonian

   • British Museum
   • Wikipedia

6. Atrahasis narrative frames humanity’s creation

   Jan 1, 1635Labels: Atrahasis, Creation

   • Wikipedia

7. Overpopulation crises introduce divine population controls

   Jan 1, 1635Labels: Divine measures, Population control

   • Wikipedia

8. Enki warns Atrahasis through a reed-wall message

   Jan 1, 1635Labels: Enki, Reed wall

   • Wikipedia

9. Atrahasis builds the boat and survives the flood

   Jan 1, 1635Labels: Atrahasis, Ark

   • Wikipedia
   • British Museum

10. Post-flood settlement: new limits on human life

    Jan 1, 1635Labels: Post-flood, Divine decree

    • Wikipedia

11. George Smith publishes cuneiform flood material in 1876

    Jan 1, 1876Labels: George Smith, Nineveh tablets

    • Gutenberg
    • BAA

12. Lambert and Millard publish the standard 1969 edition

    Jan 1, 1969Labels: Lambert &, 1969 edition

    • NLI
    • Open Library