Atra-Ḫasīs: The Babylonian Story of the Flood

Preface 2 Contents 3 Abbreviations and References 4 Introduction 6 Excursus: Early Human History 18 Notes on Orthography and Grammar 20 The Manuscripts 21 List of Manuscripts 26 Text and Translation 27 Tablet I 27 Tablet II 42 Tablet III 50 S reverse 59 x, y 64 U 67 I 69 W 70 The Flood Story from Ras Shamra 71 Berossus 73 The Sumerian Flood Story 75 Philological Notes 79 Bibliography 92 Glossary 93 List of Names in the Akkadian Texts 105 Plates 105