![]() no.24ġ990 20 Oct-9 Dec, Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.24ġ991 5 Jan-20 Feb, Japan, Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. 10 in a previously issued series of postcards captioned "Assyrian monuments bearing on Bible history in the British Museum".Ģ018 19 Apr-22 Jul, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ017 28 Jun-08 Oct, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ017 1 Mar-31 May, National Museum of China, Beijing, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ016-2017 08 Sep-29 Jan, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ016 13 Feb-18 Jun, National Museum of Western Australia, Perth, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ015-2016 20 Sep-11 Jan, Kobe City Museum, Kobe, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ015 14 Jul–6 Sep, Kyushu National Museum, Dazaifu, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ015 18 Apr–28 Jun, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ014-2015 13 Dec-15 Mar, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'Ģ014 23 Apr-01 Aug, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects’Ģ010-2011, London, BM/BBC, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'ġ999 21 May-28 May, London, Brunei Gallery, The Epic of Gilgameshġ991 9 Mar-7 May, Japan, Osaka, National Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. ![]() This object was previously moulded by the BM Facsimile Service. Utu-napishtim, who later told this story to Gilgamesh, thereupon emerged and sacrificed to the gods who, angry at his escape, granted him on the intercession of Ea divine honours and a dwelling place at the mouth of the river Euphrates. A swallow likewise returned but finally a raven which had been sent out did not return showing that the waters were receding. The first bird released "flew to and fro but found no resting-place". After six days the waters abated and the ship grounded. Utu-napishtim obeyed and when all were aboard and the door shut the rains descended and all the rest of mankind perished. He orders him to take into it birds and beasts of all kinds. It is the 11th Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh and tells how the gods determined to send a flood to destroy the earth, but one of them, Ea, revealed the plan to Utu-napishtim whom he instructed to make a boat in which to save himself and his family. ![]() Baked clay tablet inscribed with the Babylonian account of the Flood. Curator's comments This object is the single most famous cuneiform text and caused a sensation when its content was first read in the 19th century because of its similarity to the Flood story in the Book of Genesis.
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