Tag: clay tablet

Alphabetical Order Appeared Over 3,000 Years Ago In The Ancient City Of Ugarit

MessageToEagle | April 5, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – Today, young children spend hours in classrooms memorizing the alphabetical order. However, our modern alphabet has very ancient roots and is by no means a recent invention.

The clay tablet that survived was dated by the scribe who wrote it in the reign of King Utukhegal of Erech (Uruk), which places it around 2125 BC. Utukhegal was one of the first native kings of Sumer after centuries of Akkadian and Gutian dominance. Photo: Ashmolean Museum

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Sumerian King List – Ancient Record Of Kingship That Has Long Been Of Great Interest

MessageToEagle.com | January 22, 2016

A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – One of the most intriguing ancient documents representing Sumerian literature is the Sumerian King List, produced at the end of the third millennium BC (most