The Wrath of Erra

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Illustration

Ibolya Horváth
by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 17 January 2017
The Wrath of Erra Download Full Size Image

This 7th-century BCE clay tablet gives the Babylonian account known as the Legend of Erra, the plague god, who slew many Babylonians after the withdrawal of the god Marduk from the city of Babylon.

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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2017, January 17). The Wrath of Erra. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6265/the-wrath-of-erra/

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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "The Wrath of Erra." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 17, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6265/the-wrath-of-erra/.

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