Mythic Standard Babylonian version, c. 1200 BC, from older material

Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh how he survived the Flood and was granted immortality. The boat, the release of birds to find land, the sacrifice on the mountain.

Its decipherment by George Smith in 1872 is the moment the Genesis flood narrative acquired a documented Mesopotamian predecessor.

Standing: Frames its subject as divine or primordial rather than annalistic.