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The Edubba of Nippur
The oldest school in the world. Its tablets survived in the clay.
The School Itself
Converse with
The Edubba Simulacrum
Scribal School · Cuneiform Pedagogy · Tablet House · Sumerian Education · The Dialogues
20th century BCE
Converse with
The Ummia Simulacrum
School Father · Scribal Pedagogy · Cuneiform Transmission · The Edubba Dialogues · Expert Teacher
20th century BCE
Converse with
Enkimansum Simulacrum
Edubba Disputations · Scribal Competition · Nippur · Dialogue 3 · The Competitive Scribe
19th century BCE
The Scribal Trades
Converse with
The Sanga Simulacrum
Temple Accounts · Administrative Cuneiform · Livestock Records · Ration Lists · The First Bureaucracy · 𒊩𒆪
32nd century BCE
Converse with
The Legal Scribe Simulacrum
Contract Law · Obligation · Sumerian Legal Formulae · Witnessing · Documentary Practice · dubsar kitim
20th century BCE
Converse with
Sîn-lēqi-unninni Simulacrum
Standard Babylonian Gilgamesh · āšipu · Literary Editing · Cuneiform Tradition · The First Named Literary Editor in World History
12th century BCE