Nişir
vs. Nimush
When Gilgamesh reaches Utnapishtim
the latter tells the story of the Flood and of his landing on a
mountain named Mt. Nişir/Nimush (Epic Tablet 11,
lines 140-4). The reading of this name has proved
difficult and was originally read as “Nişir” before
Assyriologist Wilfred Lambert in 1986 argued for reading it as
“Nimush.” Lambert thought it was the same as the name of a
mountain, though written slightly differently in the cuneiform,
recited by Assyrian king Assur-nasir-pal ca. 900 B.C. ArcImaging - The Search For Noah's Ark