The Instructions of Shuruppak (or, Instructions of Šuruppak son of Ubara-tutu) are a significant example of Sumerian wisdom literature. Wisdom literature...
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the Instructions of Shuruppak". The earliest excavated levels at Shuruppak date to the Jemdet Nasr period about 3000 BC. Several objects made of arsenical...
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Wisdom literature (redirect from Books of Wisdom)
fulfilling life, etc.. Examples of this genre include: Book of Proverbs, The Instructions of Shuruppak, and first part of Sima Milka. Critical Negative...
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Atra-Hasis (redirect from Epic of Atrahasis)
who also appears in the Instructions of Shuruppak as the son of the eponymous Shuruppak, who himself is called the son of Ubara-Tutu. The Sumerian King...
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Ziusudra (redirect from Ziusudra of sumer)
The Death of Gilgamesh and The Poem of Early Rulers, and a late version of The Instructions of Shuruppak. History of Sumer Oracc. Jacobsen 1939, pp. 75...
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Instructions of Shuruppak, the earliest known literary texts, are created in Adab, Shuruppak and Abu Salabikh. 2570 BC: Reigns of Uhub, king of Kish, and of En-hegal...
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the creation of man and woman, is a Sumerian tablet, written on clay tablets as early as 2600 BCE. Along with the Instructions of Shuruppak, it is the oldest...
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Sumerian literature (redirect from Literature of sumer)
and copper Anthologies of proverbs from Nippur, Susa, Urim, and Uruk Instruction literature such as Instructions of Shuruppak Dialogue between a Man and...
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Book (section History of books)
information on how to do something or how to use some equipment are called instruction manuals. Other popular how-to books include cookbooks and home improvement...
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Mirrors for princes (redirect from Mirror-of-princes writing)
this was not the most typical example. Instructions of Shuruppak (Early 3rd millennium BC) Ptahhotep, The Maxims of Ptahhotep (2375–2350 BC) Kheti III, Teaching...
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