Epic of Atrahasis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Akkadian epic poem
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Atra-Hasis
gptkbp:contains mythology
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 18th century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:firstTablet creation of humans
gptkbp:genre mythology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epic of Atrahasis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkb:Genesis_flood_narrative
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Atrahasis
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Enki
gptkb:Enlil
gptkb:Nintu
gptkbp:motif gptkb:sacrifice
divine warning
restoration of order
divine council
ark building
flood survival
gptkbp:origin Babylonian literature
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Museum
cuneiform tablets
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Eridu_Genesis
gptkb:Sumerian_King_List
gptkbp:secondTablet plagues and famine
gptkbp:significance earliest known flood narrative
source for later Mesopotamian myths
gptkbp:structure three tablets
gptkbp:subject divine retribution
survival of Atrahasis
origins of humanity
gptkbp:theme divine punishment
great flood
creation of humanity
divine-human relations
gptkbp:thirdTablet great flood
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Old_Babylonian_period
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Atrahasis
gptkb:Atrahasis_Epic
gptkb:Old_Babylonian_period
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6