Gilgamesh flood myth
The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is one of three Mesopotamian Flood Myths: the Sumerian Flood Story, an episode of the Atra-Hasis Epic and included in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Many scholars believe that the flood myth was added to Tablet XI in the "standard version" of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who used the flood story from the Epic of Atra-Hasis. A short reference to the flood myth is also present in the much older Sumerian Gilgamesh poems, from which the later Babylonian versions drew much of their inspiration and subject matter.
| Gilgamesh tablet XI | |
|---|---|
| Material | clay |
| Size | Length: 15.24 cm (6.00 in) Breadth: 13.33 cm (5.25 in) Depth: 3.17 cm (1.25 in) |
| Writing | cuneiform |
| Created | 7th century BCE |
| Period/culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Discovered | Kouyunjik |
| Present location | Room 55, British Museum, London |
| Identification | K.3375 |
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