The term is known to feature on only one other surviving Babylonian tablet, a tablet describing the boat which survived the Great Flood. The translated text on the reverse of the tablet describes ...

According to the Babylonian myth, the god Ea sends a flood that wipes out all of humanity except for Utnapishtim and his family, who construct an ark filled with animals, much like the Biblical story.

Based on other ancient Babylonian scriptures the word parsiktu typically helps to explain the size of a vessel needed to survive the Great Flood. Another passage also appears to show a path to ...

Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...