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- The Kesh Temple Hymn (or Liturgy to Nintud) and the tablet known as the Instructions of Shuruppak are considered the oldest existing pieces of literature in the world1. They were found at the Temple of Nippur in modern-day Iraq and come from the ancient Sumerian civilization1. The Sumerian civilization first developed writing around 3400 B.C.2. The earliest known decipherable text in Europe is a clay tablet fragment found in Greece, which is about 3,500 years old3.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.The Kesh Temple Hymn (or Liturgy to Nintud) along with the tablet known as the Instructions of Shuruppak, are considered the oldest existing pieces of literature in the world. The tablets were found at the Temple of Nippur in modern-day Iraq and come from the ancient Sumerian civilization.www.oldest.org/artliterature/writing/As with the wheel, cities and legal codes, the earliest examples of written literature appear to have originated in ancient Mesopotamia. The Sumerian civilization first developed writing around 3400 B.C., when they began making markings on clay tablets in a script known as cuneiform. Writingwww.history.com/news/what-is-the-oldest-known-pi…Marks on a clay tablet fragment found in Greece are the oldest known decipherable text in Europe, a new study says. Considered "magical or mysterious" in its time, the writing survives only because a trash heap caught fire some 3,500 years ago, according to researchers.www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/11033… - People also ask
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The 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
35th–32nd centuries BCE
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 7 Oldest Known Writing in the World - Oldest.org
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- 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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