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One part of the article reads, "Many scholars believe that this account was copied from the Akkadian Atra-Hasis, which dates to the 18th century BCE."
The article then later reads, "Both the Epic of Gilgamesh and Atra-Hasis are preceded by the similar Eridu Genesis (c. 1600 BCE)—the oldest surviving example of such a flood-myth narrative, …"
Can someone explain to me how 1600 BCE "precedes" the "18th century BCE"? I thought 1800 BCE came before 1600 BCE. Ndd92 (talk) 12:35, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Um, hi. The dates listed in the first paragraph of the Mythologies section don't make sense. It says that the Eridu Genisis predates the Atra-Hasis and the Epic of Gilgamesh, but also says that the Atra-Hasis dates back to 1800 BC while the Eridu Genisis dates back to 1600 BC. 1800 BC is earlier than 1600 BC so how does the Eridu Genisis predate the Atra-Hasis or the Epic? Hope someone notices and fixes the article. 208.90.106.67 (talk) 15:31, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DougWeller, hello! I'm massively ignorant on this, but of course it's on topic etc. For WP:LEAD purposes, if more of these are added, we might go in a "many North American native peoples have Flood myths..." direction, but I don't think we're there yet. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:45, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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