The Akkadian flood narrative — humanity is created to relieve the gods of labor, multiplies until its noise disturbs Enlil, and is nearly destroyed by the deluge. Atrahasis ("exceedingly wise") survives.
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Tradition
Old Babylonian period, c. 1700 BCE. The most complete pre-biblical creation-and-flood narrative; structurally almost identical to Genesis 1–9.
Translation
R. W. Rogers, *Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament* (New York: Eaton & Mains, 1912), pp. 113-120 ("Ea and Atrakhasis"). Editor's connecting synopsis and footnotes have been removed; only the translated lines are retained. Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.