He was the son of En-men-dur-ana, a Sumerian mythological figure often compared to Enoch, as he entered heaven without dying.

Ubara-Tutu was the king of Sumer until a flood swept over his land.

[4] Ubara-tutu is briefly mentioned in tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

He is identified as the father of Utnapishtim, a character who is instructed by the god Ea to build a boat in order to survive the coming flood.

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