The Library of Alexandria still fires our imagination as the great, ancient repository of the world’s wisdom. But, what do we know about the Libraries before Alexandria – what is the earliest known Library in the World? Join me as I travel back to 2600 BCE for the earliest libraries at the Sumerian sites of Shuruppak and Abu Salabikh before turning to the archive at Ebla. What types of texts did these most ancient Libraries hold? Let’s explore lexical texts, incantations, myths, and even mysterious texts written in an ancient code!
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Recommended Readings:
Kesh Hymn – https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section4/tr4802.htm
The Instructions of Shuruppag – https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section5/tr561.htm
Biggs – Inscriptions from Tell Abu Salabikh
Cuneiform Lexical Lists – https://www.worldhistory.org/article/900/cuneiform-lexical-lists/
Martin – Fara: a reconstruction of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Shuruppak
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) – https://cdli.earth/
Libraries before Alexandria – https://amzn.to/448bfhA
