The Flood Tablet | This is the Flood Tablet, so called because this fragment is very similar to the story of Noah's Ark. The tablet was made around 2,600 years ago, and...
![Cuneiform tablet: Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth | Babylonian or Achaemenid | Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cuneiform tablet: Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth | Babylonian or Achaemenid | Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/an/original/DP-16190-011.jpg)
Cuneiform tablet: Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth | Babylonian or Achaemenid | Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![Museum With No Frontiers on Twitter: "The Flood Tablet, actually the 11th tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic, dates back to 7th century BC and made international news in 1872. George Smith, cuneiform Museum With No Frontiers on Twitter: "The Flood Tablet, actually the 11th tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic, dates back to 7th century BC and made international news in 1872. George Smith, cuneiform](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhL0iZ6UYAYd9dK.jpg)
Museum With No Frontiers on Twitter: "The Flood Tablet, actually the 11th tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic, dates back to 7th century BC and made international news in 1872. George Smith, cuneiform
![A visitor looks at the flood tablet with fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh: account of the flood. Assyrian, c. 650 B.C., displayed during the exhibiti Stock Photo - Alamy A visitor looks at the flood tablet with fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh: account of the flood. Assyrian, c. 650 B.C., displayed during the exhibiti Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W7PAPC/a-visitor-looks-at-the-flood-tablet-with-fragment-of-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-account-of-the-flood-assyrian-c-650-bc-displayed-during-the-exhibiti-W7PAPC.jpg)
A visitor looks at the flood tablet with fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh: account of the flood. Assyrian, c. 650 B.C., displayed during the exhibiti Stock Photo - Alamy
![File:The Flood Tablet or Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh, currently housed in the British Museum in London.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:The Flood Tablet or Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh, currently housed in the British Museum in London.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_Flood_Tablet_or_Tablet_XI_of_the_Epic_of_Gilgamesh%2C_currently_housed_in_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg/1280px-The_Flood_Tablet_or_Tablet_XI_of_the_Epic_of_Gilgamesh%2C_currently_housed_in_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg)