Ziusudra

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Ziusudra 𒍣𒌓𒋤𒁺
King of Shuruppak King of Sumer
Sumerian King List, 1800 BC, Larsa, Iraq
Antediluvian king
Reign	c. 2900 BCE
Predecessor	Ubara-tutu
Successor	Deluge Jushur of Kish
Died	Immortal
Dynasty	Antediluvian
Father	Ubara-tutu (Akkadian tradition)

Ziusudra (Old Babylonian Akkadian: 𒍣𒌓𒋤𒁺, romanized: Ṣíusudrá [ṣi₂-u₄-sud-ra₂], Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒍣𒋤𒁕, romanized: Ṣísudda,^[1] Ancient Greek: Ξίσουθρος, romanized: Xísouthros) of Shuruppak (c. 2900 BC) is listed in the WB-62 Sumerian King List recension as the last king of Sumer prior to the Great Flood. He is subsequently recorded as the hero of the Eridu Genesis and appears in the writings of Berossus as Xisuthros.^{[citation needed]}

Ziusudra is one of several mythic characters who are protagonists of Near Eastern flood myths, including Atrahasis, Utnapishtim and the biblical Noah. Although each story displays its own distinctive features, many key story elements are common to two, three, or all four versions.^{[citation needed]}