The Epic of Atrahasis – a non-biblical account of the Great Flood (1600 BC)
The Epic of Atrahasis is the fullest Mesopotamian account of the Great Flood. The text is known from several versions:
Berossus’ Babylonian History – Fragment 4 (278 BC)
Fragment 4 of Berossus' Babylonian History, which was published in 278 BCE, in the translation by G.P Verbrugghe and J.M.
Epic of Gilgames – Tablet XI – non-biblical account of the Great Flood (1100 BC)
The Epic of Gilgameš is one of the most famous texts from ancient Babylonia. It tells the story of a
The Epic of Atraḥasis – a non-biblical account of the Great Flood (1700 BC)
The Epic of Atraḥasis is the fullest Mesopotamian account of the Great Flood, with Atraḥasis in the role of Noah.
Account of Nebuchadnezzar II from Berossus (605 BC)
Berossus' own account (in Babylonian History) is lost, but it was summarized by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in his