ID: 700009476 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009476	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Flood Tablet (tablet (information artifact); unknown Neo-Assyrian; 7th century BCE; British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United King...; K.3375)

Note: Fragment of a clay tablet, upper right corner, 2 columns of inscription on either side, 49 and 51 lines + 45 and 49 lines. Neo-Assyrian. Epic of Gilgamesh, tablet 11, story of the Flood. This object is the single most famous cuneiform text and caused a sensation when its content was first read in the 19th century because of its similarity to the Flood story in the Book of Genesis. Baked clay tablet inscribed with the Babylonian account of the Flood. It is the 11th Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh and tells how the gods determined to send a flood to destroy the earth, but one of them, Ea, revealed the plan to Utu-napishtim whom he instructed to make a boat in which to save himself and his family.

Titles:

The Flood Tablet (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Gilgamesh Tablet (C,U,English,U,U)

Library of Ashurbanipal (C,U,SE,English,U,U)

The Flood Tablet / The Gilgamesh Tablet / Library of Ashurbanipal (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

tablet (information artifact) [300028879] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

Classifications:

ancient art (preferred)

Creation Date: 7th century BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Neo-Assyrian [preferred]

artist unknown Late Assyrian (Late Assyrian cultural designation) [500475833]

excavator Rassam, Hormuzd (Iraqi archaeologist, 1826-1910) [500210403]

Locations:

Other: Discovery: Kouyunjik [8711911] (Geographic)

Current: British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125180] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: K.3375

Display Materials: clay; baked clay tablet inscribed with the Babylonian account of the Flood

	clay [300010439]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	inscribing [300404794]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, writing (processes))

Dimensions: Length: 15.24 centimetres; Width: 13.33 centimetres; Thickness: 3.17 centimetres

Events:

excavation: excavated in 1853 Kouyunjik [8711911] ()

Cultures:

(preferred)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

religion and mythology

text

Specific Subjects:

	Babylonian Flood [901001920]
	.....((Epic of Gilgamesh, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern narratives, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Epic of Gilgamesh [901001921]
	.....((Ancient Near-Middle Eastern narratives, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	cuneiform [300028711]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, <script and type forms>, scripts (writing), <scripts by form>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
The Flood Tablet	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-) accessed 26 June 2018
The Gilgamesh Tablet	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
Library of Ashurbanipal	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)
The Flood Tablet / The Gilgamesh Tablet / Library of Ashurbanipal	........ [VP]
	........ British Museum [online] (1999-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... British Museum [online] (1999-) accessed 26 June 2018;