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The Deluge Story

Collection in Focus: The Epic of Atrahasis and the History of Cuneiform

Pinar Durgun, the Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Associate Curator of Ancient Western Asian Seals and Tablets at the Morgan, gives us an in-depth look into the Babylonian Epic of Atrahasis and the history of tablets and cuneiform, the oldest form of writing.

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17th century B.C.
clay ;
MLC 1889
Description

1 tablet : clay ; 114 x 90 mm.

Notes

Second chapter of the Epic of Atra-hasis; earliest known copy of an Akkadian version of the Deluge story.
Copied from a still earlier inscription by a junior scribe named Azag-Aya, on the 28th day of Shebet, in the 11th year of Ammi-zaduga.

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Classification
Tablet
Department
Seals and Tablets