The Wrath of Erra

Illustration

Ibolya Horvath
by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 17 January 2017
The Wrath of Erra

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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