Atra-hasis

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one of the tablets with the "Epos of Atra-hasis"; collections of the British Museum

Atra-hasis, a figure in the Akademis of Atra-hasis, the king of the city of Szuruppak, saved from the flood by the god Enki. The equivalent of Ziusudra from the Sumerian tales of the Flood, Utnapishtima from the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, Ksisutros from the work of Babylonian Berossos and the biblical figure of Noah.

According to the Book of Atra-Hasis, the human race was created to serve the gods and free them from work. But the noise that people made, began to disturb the gods. God Enlil decided to reduce the number of people plagued by them. In the end, Enlil ordered the gods to send the flood to cut off the race of people from the surface of the earth and tie the other gods with an oath to keep the secret. Enki resorted to deception and warned the devastated king Shuruppak Invadah about the impending cataclysm. Atra-hasis has built a boat where he and his family and several friends took refuge at the start of the flood. All the other people were killed during the flood and the gods soon missed the benefits of their work. After seven days, the flood was over and Atra-Hasis went to the land to offer sacrifices to the gods. Enlil was angry that Atra-hasis had survived, but finally allowed human civilization to continue. Atra-hasis was endowed with immortality and a place among the gods.

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