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Instructions of Shuruppak — The Oldest Written Wisdom

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הוראות שורופאק

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The Instructions of Shuruppak are humanity's oldest known wisdom text — advice from a father to his son, attributed to the father of the Sumerian flood hero Ziusudra. These moral maxims are the direct ancestor of biblical wisdom literature, with striking parallels to Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

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