The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh

About this eBook

Author

Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934

Title

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman

Language

English

LoC Class

PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures

Subject

Libraries -- Iraq -- Nineveh (Extinct city)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7096

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7096

Release Date

December 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh. — The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith. — The Walls and Palaces of Nineveh. — Discovery of the Library of the Temple of Nebo at Nineveh. — Nebo and His Library at Nineveh. — Discovery of the Palace Library of Ashur-bani-pal. — Ashur-bani-pal, Book-Collector and Patron of Learning.
2. 2.I. Colophon of the Tablets of the Palace Library. (K. 4870.)
3. 3.2. Colophon of the Tablets of the Library of Nebo. (RM. 132.) — George Smith's Discovery of the Epic of Gilgamish and the Story of the Deluge. — The Legend of the Deluge in Babylonia. — The Legend of the Deluge According to Berosus. — The Babylonian Legend of the Deluge as Told to the Hero Gilgamish by His Ancestor Uta-Napishtim, Who Had Been Made Immortal by the Gods.
4. 4.[First Speech of Ea to Uta-Napishtim who is sleeping in a reed hut.]
5. 5.[Uta-Napishtim's answer to Ea.]
6. 6.[Second Speech of Ea.]
7. 7.[The Building of the Ship.]
8. 8.[The Loading of the Ship.]
9. 9.[The Abubu (Cyclone) and its effects Described.]
10. 10.[Ishtar's Lament.]
11. 11.[Uta-Napishtim's Story continued.]
12. 12.[The Abating of the Storm.]
13. 13.[Uta-Napishtim Leaves the Ship.]
14. 14.[Speech of Ishtar, Lady of the Gods.]
15. 15.[The Anger of Enlil (Bêl).]
16. 16.[Speech of En-Urta.]
17. 17.[Ea deifies Uta-Napishtim and his Wife.]
18. 18.[Uta-Napishtim Ends his Story of the Deluge.] — The Epic of Gilgamish. 1
19. 19.The First Tablet.
20. 20.The Second Tablet.
21. 21.The Third Tablet.
22. 22.The Fourth Tablet.
23. 23.The Fifth Tablet.
24. 24.The Sixth Tablet
25. 25.The Seventh Tablet.
26. 26.The Eighth Tablet.
27. 27.The Ninth Tablet.
28. 28.The Tenth Tablet.
29. 29.The Eleventh Tablet.
30. 30.The Twelfth Tablet. — Plates — Note.

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