Sumerian Creation Epic
Dublin Core
Title
Sumerian Creation Epic
Subject
Tablet
Description
Referred to in the Museum Archives as the "Poebel text." Baked, light brown clay. Large: three columns:made from 3 fragments. Sumerian Epic of Paradise, the Flood and the Fall of Man.
Source
Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Penn Museum Online Collections.
Rights
Image may not be used for print publication or commercial purposes without written approval from the Penn Museum. Object data is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Format
Clay
Technique: Baked
Iconography: Epic, Paradise, Flood
Language
Sumerian
Cuneiform
Type
Object
Identifier
B4561
Coverage
Nippur, Iraq
Period: Isin
Babylonian
Citation
“Sumerian Creation Epic,” Here and Over There: Penn, Philadelphia, and the Middle East, accessed October 12, 2024, https://pennds.org/nelc133/items/show/236.