ID: 901001923 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001923	Record Type: Character/Person

	Utnapishtim (Mesopotamian character)

Note: In the Babylonian Gilgamesh epic, survivor of a mythological flood whom Gilgamesh consults about the secret of immortality. Utnapishtim was the only man to escape death, since, having preserved human and animal life in the great boat he built, he and his wife were deified by the god Enlil. Utnapishtim directed Gilgamesh to a plant that would renew his youth, but the hero failed to return with it to his home city.

Names:

	Utnapishtim (Mesopotamian character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Utnapishtim (Mesopotamian character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Epic of Gilgamesh
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern narratives, Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian narratives)) [901001921]

	counterpart is .... Noah
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Noah (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000353]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Mesopotamian (culture or style)
	.....(Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Utnapishtim (Mesopotamian character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Utnapishtim," accessed 3 July 2017