Ubara-Tutu Explained
Ubara-tutu (or Ubartutu) of Shuruppak was the last antediluvian king of Sumer, according to some versions of the Sumerian King List. He was said to have reigned for 18,600 years (5 sars and 1 ner). He was the son of En-men-dur-ana, a Sumerian mythological figure often compared to Enoch, as he entered heaven without dying. Ubara-Tutu was the king of Sumer until a flood swept over his land.[1]
Ubara-tutu is briefly mentioned in tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh. He is identified as the father of Utnapishtim, a character who is instructed by the god Ea to build a boat in order to survive the coming flood.[2]
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Bibliography
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Notes and References
- [James B. Pritchard|Pritchard, James B.]
- Book: The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian . registration . George, Andrew R. . Penguin Classics . 2003 . 9780241289907 .
