In 2009, Douglas Simmonds, son of RAF pilot, Leonard Simmonds, who’d acquire a small cuneiform tablet while serving in the Middle East in the 1940s, took his father’s tablet to Dr. Irving Finkel, one of the world’s leading Assyriologist, a curator at the British Museum. Dr. Finkel translated the tablet and discovered that it contained a remarkable account of the Mesopotamian Flood story, where Atrahasis, the Mesopotamian Noah, was commanded by Enki, the son of the High God An, to constr...
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In 2009, Douglas Simmonds, son of RAF pilot, Leonard Simmonds, who’d acquire a small cuneiform tablet while serving in the Middle East in the 1940s, took his father’s tablet to Dr. Irving Finkel, one of the world’s leading Assyriologist, a curator at the British Museum. Dr. Finkel translated the tablet and discovered that it contained a remarkable account of the Mesopotamian Flood story, where Atrahasis, the Mesopotamian Noah, was commanded by Enki, the son of the High God An, to constr...
The Enuma Elish, also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation, is one of the oldest stories in the world. Dated to between 1800 and 1600 B.C., this Babylonian creation myth gives an account of the creation of the world and the rise of the Babylonian gods. The epic is included here for its rich symbolism, description of the pre-creative state of the universe, its portrayal of the cosmic battle between order and disorder, and its emphasis on kingship.In this audio recording of ...
The Ancient Tradition: Audio Writ
In 2009, Douglas Simmonds, son of RAF pilot, Leonard Simmonds, who’d acquire a small cuneiform tablet while serving in the Middle East in the 1940s, took his father’s tablet to Dr. Irving Finkel, one of the world’s leading Assyriologist, a curator at the British Museum. Dr. Finkel translated the tablet and discovered that it contained a remarkable account of the Mesopotamian Flood story, where Atrahasis, the Mesopotamian Noah, was commanded by Enki, the son of the High God An, to constr...
