In the Atrahasis Epic, Atrahasis is the human flood survivor often compared with Noah of Noah's Ark.
The Atrahasis Epic is an ancient Mesopotamian poem written in Akkadian. Its central human figure, Atrahasis, receives a warning about a divinely sent flood and is instructed to build a boat. He survives with people, animals, and provisions, making the story a major comparative source for discussions of later flood traditions, including Noah's Ark.
The poem's surviving Old Babylonian version is commonly dated to the second millennium BCE. It belongs to a broader Mesopotamian tradition that also includes flood material in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The names and narrative details vary among these works, so Atrahasis should not be treated as simply another name for Noah.
A common mix-up is choosing Utnapishtim, who is the flood survivor in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Utnapishtim and Atrahasis are related figures in different Mesopotamian literary traditions, while Noah is the corresponding figure in Genesis.
The comparison is literary and historical, not a claim that the three accounts are identical. Each text reflects its own language, culture, theology, and transmission history.