NOE's Ark
- GOLDA D' DEBORA

- Sep 5
- 5 min read
The story of the deluge
ON THE WATER
Following the epic of Gilgamesh
Arthur Franz Eduard Ungnad's translation of the Gilgamesh Epic XI into German from the original cuneiform. from his board. From there, following the translation by Sándor Weöres. The same tablet was translated into English in 1872 by George Smith, an assistant at the British Museum . Significance: It contains the Babylonian version of the Flood story, which bears a strong resemblance to the biblical story in Genesis.





