Weld-Blundell Prism: The Sumerian King-List
(Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; number: AN1923.444)
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What is it? | 
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| What is written on it? | ||
| Who wrote it, when and where? | ||
| What did he write? | ||
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Why did he write it? | 
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| Why is it so famous beyond the world of scholars? | ||
| What does the prism say about "the Flood"? | ||
| Why should the "Flood" theme be so central to Babylonian literature? | ||
| Further Reading: S.N.Kramer, The Sumerians: Their History, Culture and Character (University of Chicago Press, 1963): Appendix E gives a translation of the Sumerian King List. | ||