Atrahasis Epic — The Babylonian Myth of Creation and the Flood
עלילות אטרחסיס
Author: Scribe Ku-Aya, règne d'Ammi-Saduqa de Babylone (c. 1636 av. J.-C.)
Date: c. 1636 av. J.-C.
Preservation: British Museum (Londres)
deposited on April 16, 2026 · Intersection register · custodian, not owner
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The Atrahasis Epic is a Babylonian poem narrating in continuous sequence the creation of man, overpopulation, divine plagues, and the Flood. Its structural parallels with Genesis are profound, but the theological divergence is fundamental: in Atrahasis man is created as a slave to the gods; in Genesis, "in God's image."
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The Atrahasis Epic is a Babylonian poem narrating in continuous sequence the creation of man, overpopulation, divine plagues, and the Flood. Its structural parallels with Genesis are profound, but the theological divergence is fundamental: in Atrahasis man is created as a slave to the gods; in Genesis, "in God's image."