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Several fragments of the "Legend of Adapa" were taken from the Library of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal at Nineveh. One also was found in the Egyptian archives of Amenophis III and IV of the fourteenth century BC. All but one is written in Akkadian. According to the legend, Ea, the god of wisdom, created Adapa an exemplary man, endowed with "superhuman wisdom," but not eternal life although it was extended to him. Many commonalities suggest this story was based upon their legendary forefather, Adam of Genesis.
