The Eridu Genesis and the great flood


	The Eridu Genesis and the great flood
JohnWaterman
6-9-2008 3:02 PM
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6-10-2008 4:07 AM
Snaggle
John,

I've really enjoyed youre recent clips about Sumeria, and I'm learning lots. I hope you keep them coming.
6-10-2008 4:16 AM
hitchhiker08
Brilliant stuff, thank you...
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/05a285b4-926e-4d17-86e3-cab49186cf83/115E4597-8D83-400C-9561-D28577C791F7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/flood/flood2-t.html" href="http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/flood/flood2-t.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livius.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/flood/flood2-t.html">The
      <A href="http://www.livius.org/ei-er/eridu/eridu_genesis.html">Eridu
Genesis</A> is written on a Sumerian cuneiform tablet of which
about two
thirds are now lost. The missing parts can be reconstructed from texts
like the <A href="http://www.livius.org/k/kinglist/sumerian.html">Sumerian
King List</A> and <A href="http://www.livius.org/be-bm/berossus/berossus.html">Berossus</A>:
first the creation of men, then the kings who ruled before
the Great Flood, and finally the Flood itself, culminating in an offer
of eternal life to the Sumerian Noah, Ziusudra. It is essentially the
same story as the "<A href="http://www.livius.org/fa-fn/flood/flood1-t-bible2.html">Priestly
document</A>"
that
appears to have been a source of the canonical version of Genesis</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eridu&oldid=215057718" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eridu&oldid=215057718" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eridu&oldid=215057718"><B>Eridu</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eridu&oldid=215057718">was the earliest city in southern <A title="Mesopotamia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</A>, founded ca. 5400 BC</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sumer1.jpg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sumer1.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sumer1.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/1C7B552C-BE43-49BF-B5CD-F3A7456F394E" alt="Image:Sumer1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/eridu.html" href="http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/eridu.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.atlastours.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/eridu.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.atlastours.net/img/419AB2FF-3590-479B-90D6-BE91660C668C" alt="The Ancient Site of Eridu" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livius.org/ei-er/eridu/eridu_genesis.html" href="http://www.livius.org/ei-er/eridu/eridu_genesis.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livius.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livius.org/ei-er/eridu/eridu_genesis.html"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL>
the creation of men (now lost);</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL><A href="#The_Creator_Goddess_thinks_about">their miserable condition</A>;</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL><A href="#Creation_of_kingship">creation of kingship</A>;</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL><A href="#The_first_cities">the first cities</A>;
</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL>
the kings who ruled before
the Great Flood (lost)</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL>the supreme god Enlil's decision to destroy sinful humankind (lost);</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL><A href="#Ziusudras_Vision">Ziusudra learns of the approaching calamity</A>;</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL>building of the Ark (lost);
</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL><A href="#The_Flood">
the Great Flood</A>;</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL><A href="#Ziusudras_sacrifice">Ziusudra's sacrifice</A>;
</SMALL></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><SMALL><A href="#Reward_of_Ziusudra">
an offer
of eternal life to Ziusudra</A>.</SMALL></LI>
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