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  2. List of oldest documents - Wikipedia

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    The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle ranking official with the title inspector (sHD). Buried in front of man-made-caves that served to store boats at Wadi al-Jarf on the Red Sea coast, the papyri were found and excavated in 2013.

  3. Ancient literature - Wikipedia

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    Shizi: Book of Master Shi; Guiguzi: Sage of Ghost Valley; Huangdi Sijing: Yellow Emperor's Four Classics; Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven (Mù Tiānzǐ Zhuàn) Wuzi: Wu Qi's Art of War; Sun Bin's Art of War (Sūn Bìn Bīngfǎ) The Methods of the Sima (Sīmǎ Fǎ) Li Kui: Book of Law; Persian: DNa inscription; Greek:

  4. History of books - Wikipedia

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    In this era, the kitab-khana ("book house") was a term serving three definitions – first, it was a public library for the storing and preservation of the books; secondly, it also referred to an individual's own private collection of books; and thirdly to a workshop where books were made with calligraphers, bookbinders and papermakers worked ...

  5. The world’s oldest book just fetched $3.9 million in auction

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    The 104-page Crosby-Schøyen Codex from Egypt was written by a single scribe over 40 years, dating back to 250–350 AD.

  6. Gutenberg Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Humanities Media Interface Project (HUMI) at Keio University is known for its high-quality digital images of Gutenberg Bibles and other rare books. [70] Under the direction of Professor Toshiyuki Takamiya , the HUMI team has made digital reproductions of 11 sets of the bible in nine institutions, including both full-text facsimiles held in ...

  7. Code of Ur-Nammu - Wikipedia

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    If a man knocks out the eye of another man, he shall weigh out half a mina of silver. (15) If a man has cut off another man's foot, he is to pay ten shekels. (16) If a man, in the course of a scuffle, smashed the limb of another man with a club, he shall pay one mina of silver. (17)

  8. Diary of Merer - Wikipedia

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    The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years ago by Merer, a middle-ranking official with the title inspector (sḥḏ, sehedj). They are the oldest known papyri with text, dating to the 26th year [ 1 ] of the reign of Pharaoh Khufu (reigned in the early 26th century BC, estimated c ...

  9. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    Sumerian literature is the oldest known literature, written in Sumer. Types of literature were not clearly defined, and all Sumerian literature incorporated poetic aspects. Sumerian poems demonstrate basic elements of poetry, including lines, imagery, and metaphor. Humans, gods, talking animals, and inanimate objects were all incorporated as ...