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aka šūt abūbi Adapa apkallu

Adapa and the South Wind

Author

Unknown

Language

Akkadian

Year

c. 19th-14th century BCE

Country

Mesopotamia

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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Adapa was a Mesopotamian mythical figure who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality. The story, commonly known as "Adapa and the South Wind", is known from fragmentary tablets from Tell el-Amarna in Egypt and from finds from the Library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria. The oldest tradition about him is from Me-Turan/Tell Haddad tablets, which is written in Sumerian.