The ancient Mesopotamian text containing the flood story of Ziusudra is the Eridu Genesis. Written in Sumerian, it describes a king named Ziusudra who survives a catastrophic flood after receiving divine warning.
The Eridu Genesis is preserved only in fragmentary form on a clay tablet from Nippur. Its surviving text includes creation, the establishment of kingship, the succession of cities, and the Flood. Because the tablet is incomplete, some details of the original composition remain unknown.
Ziusudra is related to later Mesopotamian flood survivors, including Atrahasis and Utnapishtim. These traditions share motifs with the Genesis account, but they are not identical stories and belong to different literary and religious contexts. The Eridu Genesis is therefore an important comparative source, not another name for Noah’s Ark.