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Eridu Genesis, the Glossary

Eridu Genesis, also called the Sumerian Creation Myth, Sumerian Flood Story and the Sumerian Deluge Myth, offers a description of the story surrounding how humanity was created by the gods, how the office of kingship entered human civilization, the circumstances leading to the origins of the first cities, and the global flood.^[1]

38 relations: Akkadian language, Anu, Archaeology, Arno Poebel, Atra-Hasis, Barton Cylinder, Clay tablet, Creation myth, Debate between sheep and grain, Debate between Winter and Summer, Dilmun, Eleanor Robson, Enūma Eliš, Enki, Enlil, Epic of Gilgamesh, Epigraphy, Flood myth, Genesis creation narrative, Gilgamesh flood myth, Iraq, Jemdet Nasr period, Library of Ashurbanipal, Mesopotamian mythology, Ninhursag, Nippur, Polychrome, Radiocarbon dating, Shamash, Shuruppak, Song of the hoe, Sumer, Sumerian language, Sumerian literature, Sumerian religion, University of Pennsylvania, Ur, Ziusudra.
16th-century BC literature
Archaeological discoveries in Iraq
Mesopotamian myths
Shuruppak

Akkadian language

Akkadian (translit)John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

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Anu

Anu (𒀭𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (𒀭), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Arno Poebel

Arno Poebel (1881–1958) was a German Assyriologist.

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Atra-Hasis

Atra-Hasis (𒀜𒊏𒄩𒋀|Atra-ḫasīs) is an 18th-century BC Akkadian epic, recorded in various versions on clay tablets, named for its protagonist, Atrahasis ('exceedingly wise'). Eridu Genesis and Atra-Hasis are creation myths, flood myths, Mesopotamian myths and Shuruppak.

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Barton Cylinder

The Barton Cylinder, also known as CBS 8383, is a Sumerian creation myth, written on a clay cylinder in the mid to late 3rd millennium BCE, which is now in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Eridu Genesis and Barton Cylinder are clay tablets, creation myths and Mesopotamian myths.

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Clay tablet

In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets (Akkadian 𒁾) were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. Eridu Genesis and clay tablet are clay tablets.

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Creation myth

A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a type of cosmogony, a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. Eridu Genesis and creation myth are creation myths.

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Debate between sheep and grain

The "Debate between sheep and grain" or "Myth of cattle and grain" is a Sumerian disputation and creation myth, written on clay tablets in the mid to late 3rd millennium BC. Eridu Genesis and Debate between sheep and grain are clay tablets, creation myths and Mesopotamian myths.

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Debate between Winter and Summer

The Debate between Winter and Summer or Myth of Emesh and Enten is a Sumerian creation myth belonging to the genre of Sumerian disputations, written on clay tablets in the mid to late 3rd millennium BC. Eridu Genesis and Debate between Winter and Summer are clay tablets, creation myths and Mesopotamian myths.

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Dilmun

Dilmun, or Telmun, (Sumerian:,Transliteration: Similar text: later 𒉌𒌇(𒆠), NI.TUKki.

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Eleanor Robson

Eleanor Robson, (born 1969) is a British Assyriologist and academic.

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Enūma Eliš

(Akkadian Cuneiform:, also spelled "Enuma Elish"), meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening words) from the late 2nd millennium BCE and the only complete surviving account of ancient near eastern cosmology. Eridu Genesis and Enūma Eliš are 16th-century BC literature, clay tablets, creation myths and Mesopotamian myths.

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Enki

Enki (𒀭𒂗𒆠) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (gestú), crafts (gašam), and creation (nudimmud), and one of the Anunnaki.

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Enlil

Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia. Eridu Genesis and epic of Gilgamesh are clay tablets, flood myths and Mesopotamian myths.

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Epigraphy

Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.

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Flood myth

A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Eridu Genesis and flood myth are flood myths and Mesopotamian myths.

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Genesis creation narrative

The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. Eridu Genesis and Genesis creation narrative are creation myths.

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Gilgamesh flood myth

The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Eridu Genesis and Gilgamesh flood myth are flood myths.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Jemdet Nasr period

The Jemdet Nasr Period is an archaeological culture in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). Eridu Genesis and Jemdet Nasr period are clay tablets.

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Library of Ashurbanipal

The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, named after Ashurbanipal, the last great king of the Assyrian Empire, is a collection of more than 30,000 clay tablets and fragments containing texts of all kinds from the 7th century BCE, including texts in various languages. Eridu Genesis and Library of Ashurbanipal are archaeological discoveries in Iraq and clay tablets.

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Mesopotamian mythology

Mesopotamian mythology refers to the myths, religious texts, and other literature that comes from the region of ancient Mesopotamia which is a historical region of Western Asia, situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system that occupies the area of present-day Iraq. Eridu Genesis and Mesopotamian mythology are Mesopotamian myths.

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Ninhursag

Ninḫursaĝ (𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 Ninḫarsang), sometimes transcribed Ninursag, Ninḫarsag, or Ninḫursaĝa, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer.

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Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.

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Polychrome

Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery, or sculpture in multiple colors.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Shamash

Shamash (Akkadian: šamaš), also known as Utu (Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god.

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Shuruppak

Shuruppak (𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠, SU.KUR.RUki, "the healing place"), modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres (35 mi) south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient Uruk on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.

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Song of the hoe

The Song of the hoe, sometimes also known as the Creation of the pickaxe or the Praise of the pickaxe, is a Sumerian creation myth, written on clay tablets from the last century of the 3rd millennium BCE. Eridu Genesis and Song of the hoe are clay tablets, creation myths and Mesopotamian myths.

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Sumer

Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

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Sumerian language

Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer.

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Sumerian literature

Sumerian literature constitutes the earliest known corpus of recorded literature, including the religious writings and other traditional stories maintained by the Sumerian civilization and largely preserved by the later Akkadian and Babylonian empires.

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Sumerian religion

Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia, and what is modern day Iraq.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Ur

Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.

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Ziusudra

Ziusudra (𒍣𒌓𒋤𒁺|translit. Eridu Genesis and Ziusudra are flood myths and Shuruppak.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eridu_Genesis

Also known as Mesopotamian creation myth, Mesopotamian creation myths, Sumarian flood, Sumerian Creation myth, Sumerian Flood Story, Sumerian Flood myth, Sumerian flood, Sumerian flood myths, Sumerian origin legend, Zi-ud-sura, Zin-Suddu, Zisutra.

Eridu Genesis, the Glossary

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See also

16th-century BC literature

Archaeological discoveries in Iraq

Mesopotamian myths

Shuruppak

References