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Shuruppak (Sumerian: 𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠 ŠuruppagKI, SU.KUR.RUki, "the
healing place"),
modern Tell Fara, was an
ancient Sumerian city
situated about 55 kilometres...
- The
Instructions of
Shuruppak (or,
Instructions of Šuruppak son of Ubara-tutu) are a
significant example of
Sumerian wisdom literature.
Wisdom literature...
- Neo-****yrian: 𒍣𒋤𒁕 zi-sud-da, Gr****: Ξίσουθρος, translit. Xísouthros) of
Shuruppak (c. 2900 BC) is
listed in the WB-62
Sumerian King List
recension as the...
- and the
first cities are founded: Eridu, Bad-tibira, Larak, Sippar, and
Shuruppak.
After a
missing section, we
learn that the gods have
decided not to save...
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Babylonian flood myths. The name "Atra-Hasis" also appears, as king of
Shuruppak in the
times before a flood, on one of the
Sumerian King Lists. The oldest...
- deity). At an
early date
Ninlil was
identified with the
goddess Sud from
Shuruppak, like her ****ociated with Enlil, and
eventually fully absorbed her. In...
- Ut-napishtim is a
legendary king of
Shuruppak in
southern Iraq, who
survived the
Flood by
making a boat. He is
called by
different names in different...
- c. 2600–2500 BC: The
Instructions of
Shuruppak, the
earliest known literary texts, are
created in Adab,
Shuruppak and Abu Salabikh. 2570 BC:
Reigns of...
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Examples of this
genre include: Book of Proverbs, The
Instructions of
Shuruppak, and
first part of Sima Milka.
Critical Negative Wisdom (AKA "Vanity Literature"...
- on clay
tablets as
early as 2600 BCE.
Along with the
Instructions of
Shuruppak, it is the
oldest surviving literature in the world.
Fragments of the...