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Enūma Eliš, an Uncommon card
Enūma Eliš, meaning "When on High", is a Babylonian creation myth from the late 2nd millennium BCE and the only complete surviving account of ancient near eastern cosmology.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Enūma Eliš quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Enūma Eliš card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 in the ruined Library of ______ at Nineveh.
Answer
Ashurbanipal. It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh. From the Enūma Eliš article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A form of the myth was first published by English Assyriologist George Smith in ____, active research and further excavations led to near completion of the texts and improved translation.
Answer
1870s. A form of the myth was first published by English Assyriologist George Smith in 1876, active research and further excavations led to near completion of the texts and improved translation. From the Enūma Eliš article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Joseph Schumpeter. Joseph Schumpeter 83 · Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 79 · Enūma Eliš 76 · Johann Strauss II 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh.
- A form of the myth was first published by English Assyriologist George Smith in 1876, active research and further excavations led to near completion of the texts and improved translation.
- Enūma Eliš has about a thousand lines and is recorded in Akkadian on seven clay tablets, each holding between 115 and 170 lines of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Enūma Eliš article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Enūma Eliš
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Enūma Eliš (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : editor Austen Henry Layard , drawing by L. Gruner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
