The Flood story
Sumerian
Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
11 pages
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Long before the biblical account, Sumerian scribes recorded a terrifying divine decree to erase humanity from the earth. Explore the original story of a catastrophic flood and the man who defied the gods to save the seed of mankind.