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Ziusudra (Sumerian: 𒍣𒌓𒋤𒁺) was a figure that appeared in a Sumerian king list as well as the flood myth known as the the "Epic of Ziusudra."

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Source record No.p. 194MediumPrint sketchImage date2002 [?]CreatorZecharia SitchinSource notesAllegedly a cylinder seal depicting Ziusudra, Enki, and Galzu [?]. In Sitchin, Zecharia. The Lost Book of Enki. Rochester, VT: Bear & Company, 2002. [See p. 194]

Source record No.p. 566, fig. 8MediumBlack and white photographMaterialUnknownOrientationFrontImage dateUnknownSource notesIn Porada, Edith. "Why Cylinder Seals? Engraved Cylindrical Seal Stones of the Ancient Near East, Fourth to First Millennium B.C." The Art Bulletin 75, no. 4 (1993): 563-82. Accessed June 15, 2020.

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Epic of Ziusudra	Eridu Genesis
Creation, Flood myth	Creation, Flood myth
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Mythological stories including Ziusudra

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  Epic of Ziusudra Creation, Flood myth

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  The Sumerian deities An, Enlil, and Enki created the "black headed people," the animals, and assigned the cities among the deities. Eridug was given to Nudimmud, the leader. Ziusudra, a Sumerian king, is told that a flood will sweep over the land: "A decision that the seed of mankind is to be destroyed has been made." This was announced by An and Enlil. A huge boat is constructed and it withstands the rain and wind for seven days and seven nights. When the chaos ended, Utu, the sun deity, showed himself and entered the boat, whereby Ziusudra sacrified oxen and offered sheep to him. As the animals disembarked off of Ziusudra's boat, An and Enlil treated Ziusudra kindly and granted him eternal life in "the land Dilmun" because he preserved the seed of mankind.

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  Eridu Genesis Creation, Flood myth

  Nuthsell

  The Sumerian deities An, Enlil, and Enki created the "black headed people," the animals, and assigned the cities among the deities. Eridug was given to Nudimmud, the leader. Ziusudra, a Sumerian king, is told that a flood will sweep over the land: "A decision that the seed of mankind is to be destroyed has been made." This was announced by An and Enlil. A huge boat is constructed and it withstands the rain and wind for seven days and seven nights. When the chaos ended, Utu, the sun deity, showed himself and entered the boat, whereby Ziusudra sacrified oxen and offered sheep to him. As the animals disembarked off of Ziusudra's boat, An and Enlil treated Ziusudra kindly and granted him eternal life in "the land Dilmun" because he preserved the seed of mankind.

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