moreover that the place, wherein they then were, was the land of
Armenia. The rest having heard these words, offered sacrifices to
the gods; and taking a circuit journeyed towards Babylonia." (Cory,
Ancient Fragments, London, 1832, p. 26ff.)



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.

The form of the Legend of the Deluge given below is that which is
found on the Eleventh of the Series of Twelve Tablets in the Library
of Nebo at Nineveh, which described the life and exploits of Gilgamish
(), an early king of the city of Erech. As we have seen above, the
Legend of the Deluge has in reality no connection with the Epic of
Gilgamish, but was introduced into it by the editors of the Epic
at a comparatively late period, perhaps even during the reign of
Ashur-bani-pal (B.C. 668-626). A summary of the contents of the other
Tablets of the Gilgamish Series is given in the following section of
this short monograph. It is therefore only necessary to state here
that Gilgamish, who was horrified and almost beside himself when
his bosom friend and companion Enkidu (Eabâni) died, meditated
deeply how he could escape death himself. He knew that his ancestor
Uta-Napishtim had become immortal, therefore he determined to set
out for the place where Uta-Napishtim lived so that he might obtain
from him the secret of immortality. Guided by a dream in which he saw
the direction of the place where Uta-Napishtim lived, Gilgamish set
out for the Mountain of the Sunset, and, after great toil and many
difficulties, came to the shore of a vast sea. Here he met Ur-Shanabi,
the boatman of Uta-Napishtim, who was persuaded to carry him in