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An Atrahasis Retell as Understood, Retold and Questioned by Steven Q
TABLET 1
Part 1of2
(The First Part of the First Tablet)
The Lower Igigi Gods Complain and Revolt
Long ago before humans roamed the Earth, the lesser gods (known as the Igigi) bore the brunt of the work, doing all the heavy laborious tasks that needed to be done. They weren’t happy, were miserable and constantly complained to the higher gods (known as the Anunna gods or Anunnaki) that their work was heavy and troublesome. The higher ruling Anunnaki gods that controlled the Igigi gods at that time were: King Anu, the ruling Anunnaki god and father to the higher gods, his son the councillor warrior, Enlil, their chief officer Ninurta (a son of Enlil) and the god Ennugi who was the controller of the canals.
The gods decided to rearrange the management positions on Earth. So, to properly divide up the lands and ruling positions between the king’s sons, the Anunnaki gods decided that lots should be drawn amongst themselves. With the result of the lots cast, after King Anu, the father of the controlling gods had returned to his sky home in Heaven (1), Enlil the warrior was given charge of the land and the minor gods upon it. Control of the sea and fresh waters was given to Enlil’s wise half-brother Enki, known by the other gods as the far sighted one.
Figure 6 – The cuneiform symbol used in the texts for the king and father god Anu.
Figure 7 – Enlil (on the left) and his wife Ninlil. The original mural is on display in the Louvre in Paris.
Figure 8 – The Adda Seal in the British Museum. Far left is Inanna depicted as a pilot with weapons, followed by her twin brother Utu digging in the mountain. Enki is shown with rivers of fish flowing over him with his chief minister Usimu behind.
When their father Anu had returned to his heavenly home and with the new management team in place, the Anunnaki gods returned to the lower areas of the Earth known as the Abzu (2) and proceeded to overwork the poor Igigi gods as they’d done before. In the Abzu, the Igigi were forced to dig canals to run water to barren areas of land, they also dug out the Tigris and Euphrates water ways. (3) In the depths of the Abzu they raised mountains of soil and worked under the ground. (4) The Igigi counted 40 years (5) that they’d been worked hard day and night and they grumbled constantly amongst themselves about all the masses of soil that they’d excavated.
Heaven seems to have been situated in the air, or “moving up in the air” was needed to reach it. However, it is possible that it may have been a mountain retreat or a high-up residence that looked down on the workers below.
The Abzu is described as the lower lands or underworld, however, from my own and other people’s research I feel it may refer to the lands that fall below the equator in Africa. Keeping this in mind though, according to the Sumerian Lexicon (dictionary) by John Halloran, in this context Ab+Zu means “the sentient sea” or “the sea personified as a god” (aba/ab = “sea” + zu = “to know”). This is probably why Enki was referred to as “god of the sea” and this title is later echoed in Greek and Roman cultures where he was referred by them as the gods Poseidon and Neptune respectively. However, “god of the sea” in the depths of the African “Abzu”? This doesn’t really make sense to me as if this is the case, how could the Igigi dig mountains of earth in the sea? As this would mean that they were working underwater! A possible explanation of this is the evidence of an enormous inland fresh water sea that seems to have once existing in Africa, at what’s known today as the Okavango Delta (more on this later, see Figures 9, 10 & 11). In addition to this, if we consider that deep down in Africa the ancient indigenous people of Southern Africa referred to themselves (and also when they initially introduced themselves to early Europeans) as the “Zulu” people. Again, considering the context of the word and used as an adjective with a noun, the Sumerian Lexicon dictionary demonstrates that Zulu can be broken down to Zu = Wisdom, Knowledge and the word Lu = Man, Men, People or Sheep (somehow another, I don’t think in this case it means sheep). Basically then, the word “Zulu” literally means “Intelligent people” or “Wise men”.
The waterways of the Tigris and Euphrates river systems are still actively used today, with some of the canals reported to indeed be extremely ancient. Remnants of the canals that were channelled in the Abzu also remain, with the ancient contours gouged into the Earth still visible as evidence of an advanced civilization that once was. These ancient canals can be viewed on Google Earth running from the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Southern Africa, which once must have been an enormous inland lake or sea (Google Earth, Latitude and Longitudes -19.824346 21.714989). The canals all seem to end abruptly at where the boundary of the huge inland lake or sea must have once been and they would have been used to transport water to crops that were to feed possibly millions or even billions of Igigi and later human workers.There seems to be some discrepancy here with some scholars translating the 40 years that I’ve used in my version as 3600 years, or 40 years too much. If it’s 40 years too much, I’m wondering “too much” of what? Did the Igigi possibly have a contract with the Anunnaki and it was exceeded by 40 years?
Logic dictates that the mountains of soil created were probably due to the earth being removed from digging under the ground. From this it can further be assumed that some sort of mining was being done in the area.
There seems to be some discrepancy here with some scholars translating the 40 years that I’ve used in my version as 3600 years, or 40 years too much. If it’s 40 years too much, I’m wondering “too much” of what? Did the Igigi possibly have a contract with the Anunnaki and it was exceeded by 40 years?
Figure 9 – Okavango Delta. Here we can see the remnants of an enormous inland lake with the remains of the ancient canals visible on the left. The size of this once huge lake can be determined by the obvious abrupt ending of the canals which originally was the lake’s or inland sea’s perimeter.
Figure 10 – A close-up of the ancient canals reveals that they are perfectly straight with little deviation, which rules out the possibility of them being a natural occurrence. The canals all run from East to West with an off-set of around 10 degrees. This off-set may indicate a slight shift of the Earth on its axis many, many years ago and the canals may have originally been built to run from East to West before this axis shift occurred.
Figure 11 – From a further close-up, the uniformity of the canals can clearly be seen. The canals are equally spaced apart at around 1.5kms with the width of each canal being around 250 metres. The combined length of these canals equates to thousands of kilometres of irrigation which would have taken many years to dig.
The Uprising of the Igigi Gods
In the end, the Igigi couldn’t take it anymore and amongst them decided to go pay their leader Enlil a visit and have a serious chat with him to see if he could make life a little easier for them. The orchestrator of the uprising (1) had the Igigi all excited and worked up by shouting “let’s take Enlil from his home and start war cries to initiate a battle with the higher controlling gods!” The unhappy Igigi listened attentively to his speech, agreed and in protest, set fire to their tools, picks, spades and work baskets. The mob gathered and off they all went to the gate of Enlil’s home chanting around the Ekur, which was the name of Enlil’s mountain retreat. It was night, half-way through the Igigi’s night-shift and Enlil’s property was totally surrounded. Enlil was unaware of what was going on as he was fast asleep. Luckily for him, his gatekeeper Kalkal was awake, and quickly closed and locked the main gate (2) then guarded it before the Igigi mob could get onto the property. Seeing that the gate was now safely locked, Kalkal woke up Enlil’s chief officer Nusku and the two of them listened to the noise and chanting of the Igigi rebels on the other side of the gate. “I reckon I’d better go wake Enlil up”, said Nusku and off he hurried and did just that. “My Lord Enlil, wake up!” said Nusku, “Your house is surrounded by Igigi rabble and they’re not happy, it looks like they’re getting ready to battle with you”.
Enlil acted quickly and organised weapons to be brought to his home. Raising his voice, he spoke to Nusku saying “Nusku, bar your door and take up your weapons in front of me”. Nusku did as he was told and stood with weapon in hand in front of Enlil barring the gate. Turning back to Enlil, he noticed his master’s fear and said, “Enlil, my Lord, your face is as white as a tamarisk bush, why do you fear your own off-spring? (3) Why don’t you call your father Anu to give you a hand in dealing with this situation and maybe also send message to your brother Enki to back you up?” (4) So Enlil did just that, he contacted his father Anu and his brother Enki to help sort out the confronting situation and fortunately for him, they both came. Anu, king of the sky and Enki, king of the waters and the Lower Abzu lands both arrived. With the support of his father and brother, Enlil stood up to make his case. He approached both of them asking, “Is it me that they’ve risen against? With my own eyes I witness this Igigi rabble surrounding my home in such a way that I’m actually wondering if maybe I should indeed battle them.”
At this point it isn’t revealed that the ring-leader of the revolt was not an Igigi worker but a younger Anunnaki god by the name of Geshtu. Geshtu was probably a supervisor or manager of the worker gods.
The main gate at Enlil’s residence seems to have just been the entrance to his property (known as the Ekur, which I’d assume was walled or separated from the outside somehow). It would seem that Kalkal only locked the property gate and not the actual gate for Enlil’s home as there was movement from house to house in the enclosure while the Igigi rebels were outside (weapons collected, Nusku told to bar his door, etc).
This is an interesting bit, nearly all of the Atrahasis translations I’ve read seem to indicate that the Igigi were the children of Enlil. As the story unfolded, I came to the conclusion that the Anunna gods or Anunnaki could not reproduce in the traditional way and cloning may have been their chosen or only way of reproducing (more explanation on this later as the story unfolds).
I’d assume that the property was walled and there may have been another entrance to it, or maybe access was possible from the air. Otherwise, how would Enlil be able to contact and receive his father and brother while the Igigi were gathering at his gate and surrounding his property? Not only this, what form of communication would have been used to contact his family members while he was trapped inside the Ekur enclosure?
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The Anunnaki Gods Send a Negotiator
Anu then turned to his son and said, “Enlil, why don’t you send Nusku your chief officer to speak with them and find out the reason why they’re so upset and have surrounded your home?” Liking the idea, Enlil turned and spoke to Nusku saying, “Nusku, open the door, take your weapon and go out and represent me. However, show some respect and bow before you address them. Say to the Igigi that their king, King Anu, their warrior leader, Enlil, their chief officer, Ninurta and their bailiff, Ennugi have sent you to ask who is in charge of this Igigi mob and the declaration of war against me by surrounding my home?” (1)
So the concerned Nusku opened the door and with his weapon in hand nervously went into the assembly of the lower Igigi gods. He bowed before them and delivered Enlil’s message. The leader of the Igigi revolt sprung up and answered the question saying, “Every one of us gods has declared war! We’ve got to put a stop to the digging, it’s killing us! The work is too heavy, too hard and too much, so every one of us gods has agreed to stop work and complain together in unison to Enlil.” After the Igigi revolt leader had finished stating their reasons, Nusku nodded, took his weapon and reported the Igigi’s sad story in full detail back to Enlil. Enlil listened to all that Nusku had to say and tears were flowing down his face. (2) Upset with the Igigi’s rejection, Enlil then spoke to Anu, his father the warrior king, saying, “Mighty Anu, let me return with you to heaven in the sky and you take control of the situation and demonstrate your strength while the rest of us Anunnaki sit with you. Call up one of the rebellious gods and kill him as an example to the others”.
Annoyed, Anu jumped up and abruptly answered, “Can you really blame them? Their work was extremely difficult and every day we could hear their cries of pain as they laboured and we chose to ignore them! In all fairness, they have every right to complain to their ruler Enlil and approach his house”.
I found it strange that in all the translations of the Atrahasis I’ve read that Enki wasn’t mentioned here. It’s already been established that Enki being of similar royal status to Enlil and was definitely there, however, Enlil mentions the other gods to Nusku, but failed to include Enki. Could it be due to Enki not having a military position, or perhaps Enki choosing not to let the Igigi know he was there, or was this possibly the onset to the sibling rivalry?
All translations I’ve read seem to indicate that Enlil had a good cry. To be honest with you, I don’t swallow this. Enlil, the great warrior crying? Regardless of whether he’s scared or feels rejected, I still can’t see how this great warrior goes crying to daddy that he wants to come home, or that he’s upset that the Igigi are having a hard time.
The Creation of Man and the Introduction of Nintu
Enlil wasn’t very happy with his father’s comments. Deep in thought, Enki then spoke up, addressing his father, brother and other gods he said, “I agree, why are we blaming them? They are indeed over-worked and it’s true we did ignore their constant cries whilst they laboured.”(1) Turning to his father he said, “I believe there is an answer to this problem noble King Anu. Call our wise sister the birth goddess Nintu and ask her to join us, she can organize the birth of a mortal humanoid slave that can do the heavy labour of the lower Igigi gods”. (2)
Later, when the birth goddess, Nintu, who was in charge of the surrogate womb goddesses and midwives had joined them, Enki asked her, “Are you willing to also be the birth goddess of mankind? (3) We need you and your surrogate womb goddesses to help create a humanoid slave to bear the labour of the lower Igigi worker gods”.
If anything, your brother sucking up and agreeing with daddy when you’ve just been told off by him would make anyone angry. Frankly, I don’t think this was a good move by Enki to agree with his father against Enlil in this condescending way. Enki should have maybe rather introduced his solution in agreement to his father without adding to Enlil’s reprimanding, especially considering that his brother is a great warrior and next in charge after Anu.
I’m guessing that Enki had been preparing for the right occasion of making a team of slaves for a while and he just seized this opportunity of convenience to make his “helpful” suggestion.
Nintu seems to have many names and is the half-sister to both Enki and Enlil. I chose to remain with the name Nintu all the way through the story to avoid confusion. Some of the translated versions of the texts were confusing, as her name not only changed depending on her position held at that time, but sometimes it changed without explanation. Nintu was also known as the “Birth Goddess”, not to be mixed up with one of the “Womb Goddesses” which she is called sometimes in the original translations when she chose to also take up the birthing responsibility. Regarding the “Womb Goddesses”, you’ll also notice I’ve added the word surrogate in some places to elaborate on their position and function as baby-incubators, which is quite obviously what they were. In addition to this, the “also” part of Enki saying to Nintu “Are you willing to ‘also’ be the birth goddess of mankind?” gets me thinking. Also to what? Does this mean that she was birth goddess to the Igigi as well? Were the Igigi perhaps just clones created from Enlil’s DNA brought into the world through the womb goddesses? This is indeed a possibility, as why did Nusku question Enlil about fearing his own off-spring?
Figure 12 – Ancient statuette of Nintu on display in the University of Chicago.
Figure 13 – Inanna, Queen of the Night. Known as the “Burney relief” found in the British Museum.
Nintu Responds to Enki’s Proposition
Nintu listened attentively to Enki’s question and facing the gods answered, “It’s not proper, nor my place to create a humanoid man, as it’s outside my jurisdiction. That area is Enki’s. I don’t mind assisting Enki making a co-worker, but I’m definitely not helping him make a slave!” (1) Forcefully, Nintu then added, “This has to be Enki’s work and he will be totally responsible for it. If Enki needs me to assist, he will need to provide a pure and clean area to work in. If he brings me a being of the Earth and the essence of the slaughtered Igigi rebel leader I will assist with the manufacturing of this new humanoid being. (2) With Enki’s help, I’ll combine like clay the essence of both the executed Anunnaki leader of the Igigi rebels and that of the creature of the Earth to form a new co-worker being.” (3)
Enki then answered, “Wise Nintu, mother of all the gods (4), your wisdom is noted and shall always be remembered. On the first, seventh and fifteenth of the month I shall establish a purified area (5), the essence of the executed rebel Annunaki god (6) who led the Igigi rebellion and a being of the Earth shall be provided”. Facing the gods Enki then added, “Let the Anunnaki gods who assist and their equipment be cleansed and washed to ensure that there is no contamination. Nintu can then combine the essence of both the Earth being and the executed Anunnaki god by making it into one, mixed as like clay. The Anunnaki god and the being of the Earth will then be mixed together permanently and from then on we will hear the drumming of its heartbeat forever after in this new created being. Let the spirit (7) of the perished god also enter into this new being, so not to be forgotten”.
Good for you Nintu! That’s what we like to hear. Nintu made it quite clear that the position of making a being was not hers, but Enki’s, and if he was making slaves she wasn’t interested in helping. I’ve also assumed from here that Enki was the geneticist and Nintu didn’t mind assisting him, but couldn’t (or wouldn’t) create a new being on her own. Enki obviously needed Nintu for access to her womb goddesses or surrogates, so the two of them had to work together.
I’ve used the word “essence” throughout my adaptation of the story to describe what appears to be the DNA of both the Anunnaki god and the hominid “Being of the Earth” (not a “being” created of earth). I feel that an upright walking hominid primate was wandering around on Earth at the time and its DNA was merged with that of the Anunnaki’s to create the new being. Without going into too much detail here, primates have 48 chromosomes (humans are not primates!) humans have 46 chromosomes which separates them from the primate family line. When primate and human chromosomes are scrutinised comparatively, there’s an “obvious” fusion of a primate’s 2+3 chromosome on both strands which somehow another became the human chromosome 2 (bringing humans down to 46 chromosomes from a primate’s 48). If a primate’s 2+3 chromosomes from both parents were indeed fused together this would create a 46 chromosome structure (or 23 base pairs). This may have been what was done at a genetic level to convert our primate ancestor’s DNA into a DNA that was compatible with another 46 chromosome species, which I’d assume was the Anunnaki or Igigi race. If you’re interested in reading more about this, or looking for a better, more detailed explanation, get hold of Lloyd Pye’s book “Intervention Theory Essentials” or hunt down his video “Everything you know is wrong” on YouTube.
While the translated texts all seem to indicate that the essence of the executed Igigi rebel and the creature of the Earth were mixed into a clay, I think that this wasn’t meant to be taken literally. Mixing “like” a clay seemed more appropriate to me and more probable than making humans from clay. I believe that mixing the essence of both species like clay was used to indicate that once mixed there was no separation of the DNAs as it would then be an independent being from both contributing sources.
Nintu is addressed by Enki in all translated versions I’ve read as “Mother of ‘all’ the gods” which I think is another point leaning towards her being the head of the womb goddesses. This then insinuates that either “all” the gods were being cloned from source DNA, or that they were being born from surrogate mothers and weren’t born by what we consider natural births.
I’m not sure of what the significance of the 1st, 7th and 15th of the month is, however, there’s much in the scripts that seems to indicate that the Lunar month was used extensively, which is 28 days. This may be the reason we use seven days as our week lengths (with a further question of why 15 was used for the last day and not 14). Enki’s purified area I’m guessing was either his laboratory or a work area at his home.
Here it seems that Enlil got his way and the rebel Igigi leader was to be executed and his DNA used. Also, we’re told that the Igigi rebel leader was from the ruling Anunnaki family. This would mean that he would have been a higher god and not a lowly Igigi worker as we were led to initially assume. Does that mean that we humans originate from an Anunnaki trouble maker? At this stage of the story there’s still no mention of the slaughtered god’s name and this seems to be the case in all versions of the translated texts I’ve examined.
It’s interesting here that the “spirit” of the executed Anunnaki leader of the Igigi rebel was mentioned. Some translations of the cuneiform texts seem to indicate the inclusion of the spirit into the new creation, while others seem to call it the dead god’s ghost. Whichever way you choose to see it, the indication of a spiritual presence living inside both the gods and new human template, meant that the original ancient author believed that the spirit was essentially the identity of the living person. This would strongly indicate the belief in an immortal soul and a further belief in reincarnation. It can be assumed from this, that the original manufacturers of the first human had a choice. Instead of making their new worker a genetically manufactured humanoid machine (which many assume the grey aliens to be) this new being had the inclusion of an immortal soul.
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An Atrahasis Retell as Understood, Retold and Questioned by Steven Q
INTRODUCTION
Many are familiar with the Biblical story of Noah’s ark, but few are aware of the similarities between the Genesis version and the much older accounts of a great flood. The Atrahasis Epic is one of these accounts. Written on stone tablets in ancient cuneiform text, this story details how and why humans were created, with the addition of a giant flood at the end that was used to destroy them. The copies found of the Atrahasis Epic are believed to have been written around 1,700 BCE (3,700 years ago) and even these tablets seemed to have been copied from an even older version. While the cuneiform tablets of the Atrahasis Epic are mainly fragmented and damaged, there were fortunately a few copies of it discovered, written in both Babylonian and Assyrian cuneiform script. The most complete version of this is on display in the London Museum where the whole Atrahasis story is told over 3 clay tablets.
Not only do parts of the Noah story seemed to have been taken from the Atrahasis Epic, but so does much of the pre-Biblical Babylonian story called the “Enuma Elish” (also known as the “7 tablets of creation”). The Biblical Genesis telling of the flood story dates back to around 540 BCE (around 2,500 years ago) and was said to have been written after Moses led the Israelites out of Babylon, where they’d been captive for 70 years. Logically, we can assume that living amongst the Babylonians for 70 years, the Israelites picked up some of the Babylonian Enuma Elish religion at that time. This influence (or aspects of) may have been incorporated into Moses’ written account of creation. The Babylonian, Enuma Elish had its own version of creation and is said to have been written around 1,100 BCE (around 3,100 years ago) nearly 600 years before the Genesis account. It can therefore be assumed that this story was probably modified and partly used in Moses’ Genesis.
There is an even older version of an ancient flood known as the “Eridu Genesis” which pre-dates even the Atrahasis. This account is written on a single fragmented tablet and at this stage is the oldest version known, this is also thought to have been copied from yet an even older version. This story is said to be dated at around 2,300-3,000 BCE (around 5,000 years ago) and is believed to focus on a localised flood that did actually occur in the Southern Babylonian region around 2,800 BCE, when the Tigris and Euphrates rivers both flooded. While the Eridu Genesis may be the oldest version of the flood story, I’ve decided to base my rewrite on the Atrahasis Epic (I may tackle the Eridu Genesis and the Enuma Elish at a later date).
Figure 1 – An estimation of the age of the various documented creation and flood stories. Note that these dates don’t necessarily relate to the happenings of the events at the time written as these writings were more likely to have been re-writes or copies of even older documents.
Atrahasis, which literally means “Wise One” or “exceedingly wise” was the king of Shuruppak before the time of the flood and it was said that he walked with the gods. It’s not entirely clear if Atrahasis himself originally wrote the creation story as dictated by the gods of the time, or he employed a scribe to write it for him based on information he’d received from them. Atrahasis also included his own experiences with the gods and of the flood in his epic. As noted above, the original Atrahasis story of creation was said to have been written before the occurrence of the flood and the complete epic was constantly re-written until around 500 BCE.
What follows in my interpretation of the Atrahasis Epic is what I believe to be a more probable account of creation and the great flood. My version of the story suggests that the gods were merely technologically advanced humanoid beings, probably not much more advanced than we humans are today. My understanding is that advanced, possibly, alien modifications were performed on primitive Earth primates in the distant past. These ancient gods not only created the human race, but also influenced everything that the human race has done since then. There’s no denying that a catastrophic global flood struck our planet, or parts of it, 12,000 or so years ago as we left the ice age. The question is, did it occur as told in the Biblical Genesis? The concept of the animals of the world taking a trip to the ark, marching two by two, in loving couples to patiently wait out the storm and the “flood of floods” in a little sealed boat with Noah and his family for 40 days and 40 nights, seems ludicrous with what we know today.
Did the whole world really succumb to a deluge that covered the highest peaks of the highest mountains as told in Genesis? Keep in mind that the Mount Everest summit is slightly less than 9km above sea level. For the peak of this mountain to be covered with water you’d need a phenomenal amount of rain. It’s estimated that the amount of water in the oceans, seas, glaziers, lakes and rivers around the world is slightly less than 1.5 Billion Cubic Kilometres. If all mountains were to be covered, the global water level would need to rise enough to cover Mount Everest (a 9km rise). For this to happen, it’s estimated that an “additional” 5 Billion Cubic Kilometres of water at least, would be needed! So, if the Noah story is believed to be correct, where did all this extra water come from? If this could be answered, the next question would be, if it took 40 days to drain this abundance of water, where did it all go? Another question is, how did all the animals get to the ark in time? The kangaroos and koalas would have had quite a swim from Australia. It’s also obvious that the unicorns and dragons didn’t make it to the safety of the floating zoo before its departure. The whole story is nice to read to kids, but logic dictates it couldn’t have happened.
Figure 2 – The Biblical depiction of Noah herding the animals of the world into the ark.
Okay, so as much as the Genesis account probably isn’t to be taken literally, the question still stands, how can there still be evidence and flood residue all over the world indicating that there was a global deluge? Many ancient writings all over the world mention floods, some of a global catastrophe, some of a more localized event. Regardless of this, something calamitous must have occurred to have been documented by the past civilizations of the world; this was by them, deemed important enough to record for future generations so not to be forgotten. There are plenty of theories about what happened, if it was indeed a global event. It may have been caused by the slip of an ice sheet into the sea at Antarctica which created a 1 to 2km high tsunami over the surface of the Earth from the South Pole, a pole shift or global flip, or even a giant meteorite hitting the Pacific Ocean. We aren’t really sure, but it’s possible that one or even all of these events happened at different times in the past.
As previously mentioned, I’ve rewritten the story with an understanding that the gods were probably a visiting alien humanoid race, with an agenda. Questions are: Were they here to exploit the mineral wealth of the planet? Were they possibly marooned, or were they hiding from other alien pursuers and using Earth as their base? Regardless of these questions, the way the original story was written, suggests that the humans of this time were not technologically advanced enough to understand the motives and doings of these “gods” and the texts were simplistically written as such. It could also possibly be that the story was deliberately written in a basic way to ensure an understanding by all different language cultures of the time. There’s also the possibility that mistakes were made in the rewrites and the story gradually changed over the years as it was retold and rewritten onto fresh tablets.
Whichever way you look at it, someone more advanced than us was once living on Earth thousands of years ago. Whether you think it was an advanced human race or aliens, we’re still confronted with questions like, who built the Baalbek Platform, and for what? Some of the ancient monolithic stones in this platform weigh between 1,200 and 2,000 tons each and they were carted up from a quarry nearly a kilometre away! We know this, as the constructors of the platform left a few of these giant stones at the quarry and they’re still there! With all the technological wonders we have today, we still have no means to transport stones of that size, and have even extreme difficulty moving a 50 ton stone. So, how and why was the platform constructed and by who? It was obviously not built by the Romans as history books tell us, though was honoured and seen by them to be important as they built their “Temple of Jupiter” on top of the deserted platform nearly 2,000 years ago. With the platform recently estimated to be possibly 12,000 or even 20,000 years old it’s not surprising that after visiting the Baalbek Platform you walk away thinking that somehow or another, historians have obviously got it all wrong.
Figure 3 – Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter showing the large monolithic stones forming the Baalbek Platform.
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Figure 4 – The lone, unused megalith stone left in the quarry a kilometre away from the platform. The pillars from the Temple of Jupiter can be clearly seen in the background.
Special Thanks to the Original Translators
My version of the Atrahasis story that follows has been formulated after reading many translations of the original cuneiform text. By taking the commonalities from all of these versions, I managed to form the basic story as I understand it (taking the standpoint that the Atrahasis story was real and not a mythical work of fiction). Due to this, you’ll find that this story version does not favour any particular translation and is more of a mixture of them all. Where parts of the original Atrahasis Epic were missing or damaged on the tablets, some translators used sections of stories (from other tablets) that shared commonalities or had over-lapping story areas to help fill in the gaps, which I have also used. While none of Zecharia Sitchin’s material has been used in my version, I still have great admiration for much of his work and it’s thanks to him, that an interest in the ancient cuneiform stories was stirred up.
None of this would have been possible without the efforts of the many brilliant and dedicated people, who spent mind numbing amounts of time working out what was written on the original cuneiform tablets and then translating them into verse English. I feel it’s only right to acknowledge and give special thanks to George Smith, Heinrich Zimmern, Wilfred Lambert, Alan Millard, Benjamin Foster, Stephanie Dalley and the many, many others who translated the cuneiform text. Due to the technology of today, a big thank you for the work of the many scholars who freely offered their own translations and insights on the Internet for all to read. These Internet translations are partly due to the fantastic offerings of people like John Halloran with his online “Sumerian Lexicon” dictionary.
My Recommended Method on How to Read this Version
I’ve tried to keep as much of the original translated dialogue in my story as possible, which was difficult. While the spoken dialogue in quotes may seem to be lengthy in some places, this (or an approximation of) was what was apparently said, or what I felt was meant. The story at some stages, may also seem to have a combination of old style English mixed with modern language, this is deliberate and was necessary to keep the context of what I understand happened and the story intact. After each section I’ve added footnotes in numerical order. These are important and will either add extra information, an elaboration, or my thoughts and observations. The large numbers in brackets are deliberately made this big for easy access and matching to the footnotes after reading the section.
The best method to read this story is to first read each section of the tablet translations in their entirety, skipping over the bracketed numbers. After the section of the story has been understood, the footnotes should then be read, thus allowing the reader to revisit the bracketed footnote number in the story section for better understanding of the context, if needed. In doing this, understanding the points made after following the continuity of the story section will hopefully allow it to make more sense by elaboration.
Figure 5 – The most complete copy of the Atrahasis tablets on display in the London Museum.
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About Me, How to Contact Me & Meeting up at a Meetup
Hi 🙂 I’m Steven Q and this is my personal website I’ve put together to share my current interests and activities. My main focus is on the origins of the human race and how it all began drawn from my belief that the human race was originally created and/or modified by many beings over many a millennia and our current human state was not just due to evolutionary means. My intention is to share my thoughts and theories through this website and I invite opinion, comments and constructive input.
As mentioned, I’m really interested in ancient or per-historic sites you may know of. If you’ve inadvertently while camping stumbled on a strange rock formation that looks like an ancient god or alien. Hey! Let me know 🙂 Or, you have witness to strange phenomenon or have maybe seen strange lights over the Adelaide gulf every night at 2:07AM, Cool! Please let me know so I can see it too 🙂 Also, If you’ve got any thoughts or ideas please feel free to contact me. I’d love to hear from you and you can either leave a comment at the bottom of this page or email me direct at stevenq7@rocketmail.com.
If you live in the Adelaide area… It gets better 🙂 I happen to be the organizer of two very active meetup groups in the Adelaide Hills region in South Australia. So, if you’re local and either have an interest in our ancient origins or unexplained phenomenon like UFOs, Ghosties, etc. why don’t you check out our meetup sites below? At meetups we actually “meet” and generally chit-chat, discuss and debate various aspects of the groups subjects. Here we can share our researched and new found knowledge and experiences with other members. It’s really great to get friendly information on what books to read, videos to watch and what websites to visit.
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My Interest in everything Ancient
Hi, I'm Steven Q :-)
I've recently developed an extreme interest in the origins of the human race, ancient civilizations & happenings before the flood. Whether you're a Creationist or Evolutionist, I'm sure you'll agree, the standard narratives that are being spun don't seem to add up. Please contact me if you know of anything you deem as ancient around Australia, especially South Australia. Feel free to leave comments under articles, or contact me direct (for private chats) at stevenq7@rocketmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you. Much Thanks :-)
