Ancient Literature

Early Bronze Age: 3rd millennium BCE​​

The Kesh Temple Hymn

The Instructions of Suruppak

The Pyramid Texts

The Palermo Stone

The Maxims of Ptahhotep

Enheduannas Hymns

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Curse of Akkad

The Debate Between a Bird and a Fish

The Code of Ur-Nammu

The Coffin Texts

The Lament of Ur

Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta