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CuneiformThe oldest known text is cuneiform, the first writing system ever developed1. It was created in Mesopotamia by the Sumerians around 3400 BCE1. One of the oldest known pieces of literature in cuneiform is the tablet of Instructions of Shuruppak, which contains advice from a father to his son2. The tablet has been dated to around 2600 BCE2.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Cuneiform is the first writing system ever developed. It was created in Mesopotamia by the Sumerians around 3400 BCE.a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-the-oldest-written-te…The tablet, which contains Sumerian wisdom literature, is one of the oldest known pieces of literature in the world – it has been dated to around 2600 BCE. The text of Instructions of Shuruppak contains advice from a man named Shuruppak to his son, the Sumerian flood hero Ziusudra.
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See all on WikipediaThe following is a list of the world's oldest surviving physical documents. Each entry is the most ancient of each language or civilization. For example, the Narmer Palette may be the most ancient from Egypt, but there are many other surviving written documents from Egypt later than the Narmer Palette but still … See more
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The Kish tablet, a small limestone tablet from the middle Uruk period of ancient Mesopotamia, contains pictographic inscriptions … See more35th–32nd centuries BCEThe Kish tablet, a small limestone tablet from the middle Uruk period of ancient Mesopotamia, contains pictographic inscriptions exemplifying an early precursor to Cuneiform.35th–32nd centuries BCEThe Kushim tablets from the same period feature possibly the oldest named person (Kushim).35th–32nd centuries BCEAnother Uruk Period clay tablet that featured names dating back to around 3100 BCE includes the names of a slave owner (Gal-Sal) and their two slaves (En-pap X and the woman Sukkalgir).31st century BCEThe Narmer Palette, a carved slab of siltstone from the Early Dynastic Period of Ancient Egypt, contains some of the earliest known examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs.25th century BCEThe Palermo Stone, a stele, containing the names of Pharaohs and other information, is made of basalt.25th century BCEThe Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle ranking official with the title inspector (sHD).21st century BCEAccording to the Guinness World Records, the oldest surviving love poem, a balbale, in the world is of Sumerian origin and written in cuneiform, discovered in Nippur, dated to 2031 BCE, called Istanbul #2461 by archaeologists.18th century BCEDating back to 1800 BCE, to the Old Babylonian period, a clay tablet containing a recipe for squab was found, written in Akkadian cuneiform.18th century BCEThe complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir, a clay tablet written in Akkadian cuneiform found in Iraq, is the first recorded customer complaint.14th century BCEIn 2010, a clay fragment bearing Akkadian cuneiform, comparable in size to that of an olive, was discovered by Israeli archaeologists during the excavation of a tower, the tower itself dating back to the 10th century BCE, in Jerusalem, that was determined to have originated in 14th century BCE.Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins
- Kish Tablet. Year Written: c.3500 BCE. Location: Tell al-Uhaymir, Babil Governorate, Iraq. …
- Narmer Palette. Year Written: c.3200 – 3000 BCE. Location: Temple of Horus, Nekhen …
- Proto-Elamite Tablets. Year Written: c.3200 – 2900 BCE. Location: Susa (modern-day …
- Kesh Temple Hymn. Year Written: c.2600 BCE. Location: Temple library of Nippur (modern …
- Instructions of Shuruppak. Year Written: c.2600 BCE. Location: Temple library of Nippur …
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WEBDec 18, 2015 · While Shuruppak’s fatherly wisdom is one of the most ancient examples of written literature, history’s oldest known fictional story is probably the “Epic of Gilgamesh,” a mythic poem that...
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