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April 18, 2023

Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media, including stone, clay tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal. Before the spread of writing, oral literature did not always survive well, but some texts and fragments have persisted. One can conclude that an unknown number of written works too have likely not survived the ravages of time and are therefore lost.

Incomplete list of ancient texts

Bronze Age

See also: Sumerian literature, Akkadian literature, Ancient Egyptian literature, Hittite texts, and Ugaritic texts

Early Bronze Age: 3rd millennium BC (approximate dates shown). The earliest written literature dates from about 2600 BC (classical Sumerian).[1] The earliest literary author known by name is Enheduanna, a Sumerian priestess and public figure dating to ca. 24th century BC.[2] Certain literary texts are difficult to date, such as the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which was recorded in the Papyrus of Ani around 1240 BC, but other versions of the book probably date from about the 18th century BC.

Middle Bronze Age: ca. 2000 to 1600 BC (approximate dates shown)

Late Bronze Age: ca. 1600 to 1200 BC (approximate dates shown)

Iron Age

See also: Sanskrit literature

Iron Age texts predating Classical Antiquity: 12th to 8th centuries BC

Classical Antiquity

Further information: Ancient Greek literature, Syriac literature, Latin literature, Indian literature, Ancient Hebrew writings, Avesta, Chinese literature, and Tamil literature
See also: 7th century BC in poetry, 6th century BC in poetry, 5th century BC in poetry, 4th century BC in poetry, 3rd century BC in poetry, 2nd century BC in poetry, and 1st century BC in poetry

9th century BC

8th century BC

7th century BC

6th century BC

5th century BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC

2nd century BC

1st century BC

See also: Middle Persian literature

1st century AD

2nd century

3rd century

Late Antiquity

See also: 4th century in poetry and 5th century in poetry

4th century

5th century

6th century

See also

References

  1. ^ Grimbly, Shona (2000). Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Taylor & Francis. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-57958-281-4. The earliest written literature dates from about 2600 BC, when the Sumerians started to write down their long epic poems.
  2. ^ "Why Has No One Ever Heard of the World's First Poet?". Literary Hub. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  3. ^ Toby A. H. Wilkinson: Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge, London/New York 2001, ISBN 0-415-26011-6.
  4. ^ Jones, Mark (2006). Criminals of the Bible: Twenty-Five Case Studies of Biblical Crimes and Outlaws. FaithWalk Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-932902-64-8. The Sumerian code of Urukagina was written around 2400 BC.
  5. ^ a b Stephanie Dalley, ed. (2000). Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-953836-2.
  6. ^ Eccles, Sir John Carew (1989). Evolution of the Brain: Creation of the Self. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-415-03224-7. The Epic of Gilgamesh, written in Sumer about 2200 BC.
  7. ^ Miriam., Lichtheim (2006). The Old and Middle Kingdoms. University of California press. p. 23. ISBN 9780520248427. OCLC 889165092.
  8. ^ a b c d e James P. Allen (2015). Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-08743-9.
  9. ^ Dalley, Stephanie, ed. (2000). "Etana (pp. 189ff.)". Myths from Mesopotamia. Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199538360.
  10. ^ Noonan, John T. (1987). Bribes. University of California Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-520-06154-5. The Poor Man of Nippur dates from about 1500 BC.
  11. ^ Thorkild Jacobsen (1978). The treasures of darkness: a history of Mesopotamian religion. Yale University Press. pp. 167–168, 231. "Perhaps it was brought east with the Amorites of the First Dynasty of Babylon."
  12. ^ Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, vol.2, 1980, p.203
  13. ^ a b Alan Lenzi (2008). "The Uruk List of Kings and Sages and Late Mesopotamian Scholarship". Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions. 8 (2): 137–169. doi:10.1163/156921208786611764.
  14. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the : "Ajahn Sujato – A Practical Guide to Reading The Suttas – March 2018". YouTube.
  15. ^ Sri Lankan Journal of Librarianship and Information Management Vol.4, Nos.,3&4 (July – Dec.2011) pp. 1 -58
  16. ^ Zvelebil, Kamil (1973). The Smile of Murugan on Tamil literature of South India. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9789004035911.
  17. ^ "International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 11, Issue 7, July 2021 682" (PDF). International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications. 11. 2021.

April 18, 2023
ancient, literature, comprises, religious, scientific, documents, tales, poetry, plays, royal, edicts, declarations, other, forms, writing, that, were, recorded, variety, media, including, stone, clay, tablets, papyri, palm, leaves, metal, before, spread, writ. Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents tales poetry and plays royal edicts and declarations and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media including stone clay tablets papyri palm leaves and metal Before the spread of writing oral literature did not always survive well but some texts and fragments have persisted One can conclude that an unknown number of written works too have likely not survived the ravages of time and are therefore lost Contents 1 Incomplete list of ancient texts 1 1 Bronze Age 1 2 Iron Age 1 3 Classical Antiquity 1 3 1 9th century BC 1 3 2 8th century BC 1 3 3 7th century BC 1 3 4 6th century BC 1 3 5 5th century BC 1 3 6 4th century BC 1 3 7 3rd century BC 1 3 8 2nd century BC 1 3 9 1st century BC 1 3 10 1st century AD 1 3 11 2nd century 1 3 12 3rd century 1 4 Late Antiquity 1 4 1 4th century 1 4 2 5th century 1 4 3 6th century 2 See also 3 ReferencesIncomplete list of ancient texts EditBronze Age Edit See also Sumerian literature Akkadian literature Ancient Egyptian literature Hittite texts and Ugaritic texts Early Bronze Age 3rd millennium BC approximate dates shown The earliest written literature dates from about 2600 BC classical Sumerian 1 The earliest literary author known by name is Enheduanna a Sumerian priestess and public figure dating to ca 24th century BC 2 Certain literary texts are difficult to date such as the Egyptian Book of the Dead which was recorded in the Papyrus of Ani around 1240 BC but other versions of the book probably date from about the 18th century BC 2600 Sumerian texts from Abu Salabikh including the Instructions of Shuruppak and the Kesh temple hymn 2600 Egyptian The Life of Metjen from Saqqara 3 2500 Egyptian Diary of Merer Oldest papyrus Instruction of Hardjedef 2500 Sumerian Hymn to Enlil and Enlil and Ninlil 2500 Sumerian Debate between sheep and grain 2400 Sumerian Code of Urukagina 4 2375 Egyptian The Maxims of Ptahhotep 2323 Egyptian Pyramid Texts including the Cannibal Hymn 2283 Egyptian Palermo stone 2270 Sumerian Enheduanna s Hymns 2250 Egyptian Autobiography of Weni 2250 2000 Earliest Sumerian stories in the Epic of Gilgamesh 5 6 2200 Egyptian Autobiography of Harkhuf 7 2125 Sumerian Building of Ningirsu s Temple 2100 Sumerian Curse of Agade 2100 Sumerian Debate between Bird and Fish 2100 Sumerian Inanna s Descent into the Underworld 2100 Sumerian Self praise of Shulgi 2100 Sumerian Code of Ur Nammu and the Song of the hoe 2050 Egyptian The Satire of the Trades 2000 Egyptian Coffin Texts and Teaching for King Merykara 2000 Sumerian Lament for Ur and Lament for Sumer and Ur 2000 Sumerian Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta 2000 Sumerian Debate between Winter and SummerMiddle Bronze Age ca 2000 to 1600 BC approximate dates shown 2000 1900 Egyptian Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor 8 the Prophecy of Neferti and the first of the Harper s Songs 1950 Akkadian Laws of Eshnunna and Hymn to Istar 1950 Egyptian Instructions of Amenemhat the Akhmim wooden tablets and the Heqanakht papyri 1900 Akkadian Legend of Etana 9 1900 Sumerian Code of Lipit Ishtar 1900 Egyptian Instructions of Kagemni 1900 Akkadian Summa izbu and Summa alu 1900 Akkadian Namburbi 1900 Akkadian Iskar Zaqiqu 1859 1840 Egyptian The Eloquent Peasant 8 1859 1840 Egyptian Story of Sinuhe in Hieratic 8 1859 1840 Egyptian Dispute between a man and his Ba 8 1859 1813 Egyptian Loyalist Teaching 8 1850 Akkadian Kultepe texts Barutu the Counsels of Wisdom the Cuthean Legend of Naram Sin the Iskar Zaqiqu and the Labbu Myth 1800 Akkadian Enuma Elis 1800 Sumerian Correspondence of the Kings of Ur 1800 Egyptian Berlin Papyrus 6619 and the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus 1780 Akkadian Mari letters including the Epic of Zimri Lim 1754 Akkadian Code of Hammurabi stele 1750 Hittite Anitta text 1750 Akkadian Agushaya Hymn 1700 Akkadian Atra Hasis epic 1700 Egyptian Westcar Papyrus 1700 Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh 1650 Egyptian Ipuwer Papyrus and the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus 1650 Sumerian Dialogue between a Man and His God 1600 Akkadian Eridu Genesis and Enuma Anu Enlil 1600 Egyptian Edwin Smith PapyrusLate Bronze Age ca 1600 to 1200 BC approximate dates shown 1600 Hittite Code of the Nesilim 1600 Akkadian Ḫulbazizi 1500 1200 Sanskrit Rig Veda 1550 Egyptian Instruction of Any King Neferkare and General Sasenet the Tale of the Doomed Prince the Litany of Re and the Ebers Papyrus 1550 Akkadian Bullussa rabi s Hymn to Gula 1500 Akkadian Poor Man of Nippur 10 1500 Hittite military oath 1500 1200 Ugaritic Legend of Keret 1500 1300 Ugaritic Baal Cycle 1550 Egyptian Book of the Dead 1500 Akkadian Dynasty of Dunnum 11 1500 Akkadian Chronicle of Early Kings 1450 Egyptian The Taking of Joppa 1450 Akkadian Assyrian law 1425 Egyptian Amduat 1400 Akkadian Marriage of Nergal and Ereshkigal 1400 Akkadian Autobiography of Kurigalzu 1400 Akkadian Amarna letters 1350 Ugaritic Tale of Aqhat 1350 Akkadian Surpu 1330 Egyptian Great Hymn to the Aten 1300 Egyptian Instruction of Amenemope Papyrus Anastasi I 1300 Akkadian Ludlul bel nemeqi the Dream of Kurigalzu The Hemerology for Nazi Maruttas Iqqur Ipus and Summa izbu 1274 Akkadian Adad narari Epic 1240 Egyptian Papyrus of Ani Book of the Dead 1200 900 Akkadian version and younger stories in the Epic of Gilgamesh 5 1200 Akkadian Tukulti Ninurta Epic 1200 Egyptian Tale of Two Brothers 12 Iron Age Edit See also Sanskrit literature Iron Age texts predating Classical Antiquity 12th to 8th centuries BC 1200 The Yajurveda Atharvaveda and Samaveda 1100 Akkadian Summa sinnistu qaqqada rabat 1050 Egyptian Story of Wenamun 1050 Akkadian Sakikku SA GIG Diagnostic Omens by Esagil kin apli 13 1050 Akkadian Alamdimmu 1050 The Babylonian Theodicy of Saggil kinam ubbib 13 1010 Akkadian Royal Inscription of Simbar Sipak 1000 Chinese Classic of Poetry Shijing 1000 Akkadian Dialogue of Pessimism Chronicle P Maglu Bit rimki Zu buru dabbeda Advice to a Prince Asakku marsutu the Great Prayer to Samas the MUL APIN the Sag gig ga mes and Sep lemutti 900 Akkadian Epic of Erra 900 Vedic Sanskrit AranyakaClassical Antiquity Edit Further information Ancient Greek literature Syriac literature Latin literature Indian literature Ancient Hebrew writings Avesta Chinese literature and Tamil literature See also 7th century BC in poetry 6th century BC in poetry 5th century BC in poetry 4th century BC in poetry 3rd century BC in poetry 2nd century BC in poetry and 1st century BC in poetry 9th century BC Edit Chinese Classic of Changes I Ching Akkadian Ninurta Paqidat s Dog Bite8th century BC Edit Greek Trojan War cycle including the Iliad and the Odyssey Sanskrit Brahmanas Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Isha Upanishad Chandogya Upanishad Aitareya Upanishad Taittiriya Upanishad Akkadian The Chronicle of the Market Prices The Hymn to Ninurta as Savior The Mis pi7th century BC Edit Vedic Sanskrit Shulba Sutra containing geometry related to fire altar construction Manava Sulbasutra Baudhayana sutra Shatapatha Brahmana Commentary on the Vedas Nirukta technical treatise on etymology lexical category and the semantics of Sanskrit words Kausitaka Upanishad Greek Hesiod The Theogony and Works and Days Archilochus Alcman Semonides of Amorgos Solon Mimnermus Stesichorus Paleo Hebrew alphabet Ketef Hinnom amulets the oldest found Biblical text amulets with the Priestly Blessing which are recorded in the Book of Numbers Chinese Classic of Documents Shujing authentic portions Akkadian The Dynastic Chronicle The Eclectic Chronicle The Marduk Prophecy6th century BC Edit Persian Cyrus Cylinder Sanskrit Sushruta Sushruta Samhita Book on Surgery and Medicine Kapila Samkhya sutra Kapilanyayabhasa Kapila Gita Dṛṣṭantara Yoga Kanada Vaiseṣika Sutra Book on Atomism Kashyapa Samhhita Book on Medicine Pratishakhyas Greek Sappho Ibycus Alcaeus of Mytilene Aesop s Fables Akkadian The autobiography of Adad guppi The Abnu sikinsu The Nabonidus Chronicle The Verse Account of Nabonidus5th century BC Edit Sanskrit Paṇini Aṣṭadhyayi Kenopanishad Apastamba Apastamba Dharmasutra Apastambha Smriti Avestan Yasht Chinese Spring and Autumn Annals Chunqiu 722 481 BC chronicles of the state of Lu Confucius Analects Lunyǔ Classic of Rites Lǐji Commentaries of Zuo Zuǒzhuan Mozi Mozi book Mozǐ Sun Tzu The Art of War Sunzǐ Bingfǎ Greek Pindar Odes Herodotus The Histories of Herodotus Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War Aeschylus The Suppliants The Persians Seven Against Thebes Oresteia Sophocles Oedipus Rex Oedipus at Colonus Antigone Electra and other plays Euripides Alcestis Medea Heracleidae Hippolytus Andromache Hecuba The Suppliants Electra Heracles Trojan Women Iphigeneia in Tauris Ion Helen Phoenician Women Orestes Bacchae Iphigeneia at Aulis Cyclops Rhesus Aristophanes The Acharnians The Knights The Clouds The Wasps Peace The Birds Lysistrata Thesmophoriazusae The Frogs Ecclesiazousae Plutus Hebrew date of the extant text of the Torah4th century BC Edit Sanskrit Katha Upanishad Prashnopanishad Mundaka Upanishad Maṇḍukya Upanishad Bhadrabahu Kalpa Sutra Chankaya Arthshastra Chanakya Neeti Salihotra Shalihotra Samhita treatise on veterinary medicine Vyasa Mahabharata Puranas Brahma Sutras Jaimini Mimamsa Sutras Jaimini Sutras Ashvamedhika Parva Valmiki Ramayana Bhasa Svapnavasavadattam Pancaratra Pratijna Yaugandharayaanam Pratimanataka Abhishekanataka Balacharita Karnabharam Dutaghaṭotkaca Charudatta Madhyamavyayoga and Urubhanga Pali Tipitaka 14 Hebrew Book of Job beginning of Hebrew wisdom literature Chinese Laozi or Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching Zhuangzi Zhuangzi book Mencius Mencius Shang Yang The Book of Lord Shang Shang jun shu Persian DNa inscription Greek Xenophon Anabasis Cyropaedia Oeconomicus Memorabilia Hellenica Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Metaphysics Organon Physics Historia Animalium De Partibus Animalium De Motu Animalium De Mundo De Caelo Poetics Politics Magna Moralia Eudemian Ethics Plato Euthyphro Apology Crito Theaetetus Parmenides Symposium Phaedrus Protagoras Gorgias Meno Republic Timaeus Critias Laws Menexenus Phaedo Lysis Alcibiades I Alcibiades II Hippias minor Epinomis Minos Hipparchus Ion Euclid Elements Menander Dyskolos Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants Egyptian The Famine Stela3rd century BC Edit Avestan Avesta Etruscan Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis Linen Book of Zagreb Sanskrit Pingala Chandaḥsastra Moggaliputta Tissa Kathavatthu Katyayana Varttikakara Sulbasutras Vishnu Sharma Panchatantra Vedanga Jyotisha Bharata Muni Natya Shastra A theoretical treatise on classical Indian dance and drama Sinhalese Elu Sihalattakatha or Hela Atuwa Pali commentaries of Buddhist teachings that were translated into Sinhalese after the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka 15 Tamil 3rd century BC to 3rd century AD Sangam poems Tolkappiyam grammar book Korakkar 3rd century BC Siddhar Physician Philosopher Bogar 3rd century BC Siddhar Physician Yogi Agattiyam Hebrew Ecclesiastes Greek Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica Callimachus 310 305 240 B C lyric poet Manetho Aegyptiaca Theocritus lyric poet Latin Lucius Livius Andronicus c 280 260 BC c 200 BC translator founder of Roman drama Gnaeus Naevius c 264 201 BC dramatist epic poet Titus Maccius Plautus c 254 184 BC dramatist composer of comedies Poenulus Miles Gloriosus and other plays Quintus Fabius Pictor 3rd century BC historian Lucius Cincius Alimentus 3rd century BC military historian and antiquarian Egyptian The Demotic Chronicle The Oracle of the Potter Akkadian The Crimes and Sacrileges of Nabu suma iskun The Religious Chronicle2nd century BC Edit Sanskrit Patanjali Founder of Yoga School of Philosophy Mahabhaṣya Treatise on grammar and linguistics Patanjalatantra medical text Yoga sutras Badrayana Founder of Vedanta School of Philosophy Brahma Sutras Manu Manusmriti Laws of Manu Avestan Vendidad Chinese Sima Qian Records of the Grand Historian Shǐji Aramaic Book of Daniel Hebrew Sirach Greek Polybius The Histories Book of Wisdom Septuagint Latin Terence 195 185 BC 159 BC comic dramatist The Brothers The Girl from Andros Eunuchus The Self Tormentor Quintus Ennius 239 BC c 169 BC poet Marcus Pacuvius c 220 BC 130 BC tragic dramatist poet Statius Caecilius 220 BC 168 166 BC comic dramatist Marcius Porcius Cato 234 BC 149 BC generalist topical writer Gaius Acilius 2nd century BC historian Lucius Accius 170 BC c 86 BC tragic dramatist philologist Gaius Lucilius c 160s BC 103 2 BC satirist Quintus Lutatius Catulus 2nd century BC public officer epigrammatist Aulus Furius Antias 2nd century BC poet Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus 130 BC 87 BC public officer tragic dramatist Lucius Pomponius Bononiensis 2nd century BC comic dramatist satirist Lucius Cassius Hemina 2nd century BC historian Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi 2nd century BC historian Manius Manilius 2nd century BC public officer jurist Lucius Coelius Antipater 2nd century BC jurist historian Publius Sempronius Asellio 158 BC after 91 BC military officer historian Gaius Sempronius Tuditanus 2nd century BC jurist Lucius Afranius 2nd amp 1st centuries BC comic dramatist Titus Albucius 2nd amp 1st centuries BC orator Publius Rutilius Rufus 158 BC after 78 BC jurist Quintus Lutatius Catulus 2nd amp 1st centuries BC public officer poet Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus 154 BC 74 BC philologist Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius 2nd amp 1st centuries BC historian Valerius Antias 2nd amp 1st centuries BC historian Lucius Cornelius Sisenna 121 BC 67 BC soldier historian Quintus Cornificius 2nd amp 1st centuries BC rhetorician1st century BC Edit See also Middle Persian literature Pali Sri Lanka Pali Tripiṭaka Written under the patronage of King Vattagamani of Anuradhapura in Aluhihare Matale Latin Cicero Catiline Orations Pro Caelio Dream of Scipio Julius Caesar Gallic Wars Civil War Virgil Eclogues Georgics and Aeneid Lucretius On the Nature of Things Livy History of Rome Ab Urbe Condita 1st century AD Edit Sanskrit Sabara Sabara bhaṣyam Gunadhara Kasayapahuda Asvaghoṣa Buddhacharita Acts of the Buddha Saundarananda Sutralankara Chinese Ban Gu Book of Han Hanshu Greek Plutarch Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Josephus The Jewish War Antiquities of the Jews Against Apion The books of the New Testament of the Christian Bible and the Didache Latin see Classical Latin Tacitus Germania Ovid Metamorphoses also Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto written during his exile Pliny the Elder Natural History Petronius Satyricon Seneca the Younger Phaedra Dialogues Statius Thebaid also Silvae and unfinished Achilleid Egyptian The Oracle of the Lamb2nd century Edit Sanskrit Asvaghoṣa Buddhacharita Acts of the Buddha Pahlavi Yadegar e Zariran Memorial of Zarer Visperad Drakht i Asurig The Babylonian Tree Greek Arrian Anabasis Alexandri Marcus Aurelius Meditations Epictetus and Arrian Enchiridion Ptolemy Almagest Athenaeus The Banquet of the Learned Pausanias Description of Greece Longus Daphnis and Chloe Lucian True History The Shepherd of Hermas Latin see Classical Latin Apuleius The Golden Ass Lucius Ampelius Liber Memorialis Suetonius Lives of the Twelve Caesars Tertullian Apologeticus3rd century Edit Avestan Khordeh Avesta Zoroastrian prayer book Pahlavi Mani Shabuhragan Manichaean holy book Chinese Chen Shou Records of Three Kingdoms Sanguo Zhi Zhang Hua Bowuzhi Greek Plotinus Enneads Latin see Late Latin Distichs of Cato Hebrew Mishnah Pali Sri Lanka DipavaṃsaLate Antiquity Edit See also 4th century in poetry and 5th century in poetry 4th century Edit Latin see Late Latin Augustine of Hippo Confessions On Christian Doctrine Faltonia Betitia Proba Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi A Virgilian Cento Concerning the Glory of Christ Apicius De re coquinaria On the Subject of Cooking Pervigilium Veneris Vigil of Venus Sanskrit Asanga Dharma dharmata vibhaga Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being Mahayanasaṃgraha Summary of the Great Vehicle Vasubandhu Verses on the Treasury of the Abhidharma Pancaskandhaprakaraṇa Explanation of the Five Aggregates Pancaskandhaprakaraṇa Explanation of the Five Aggregates Vyakhyayukti Proper Mode of Exposition Vadavidhi Rules for Debate Dharmadharmatavibhagavṛtti Commentary on Distinguishing Elements from Reality Madhyantavibhagabhaṣya Commentary on Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes Mahayanasutralaṃkarabhaṣya Commentary on the Ornament to the Great Vehicle Discourses Dignaga Pramaṇa samuccaya Compendium of Valid Cognition Hetucakra The wheel of reason Haribhadra Anekantajayapataka The Victory Banner of Anekantavada Relativism Dhurtakhyana The Rogue s Stories Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya An Array of Views on Yoga Ṣaḍdarsanasamuccaya Compendium of Six Philosophies Syriac Aphrahat Ephrem the Syrian Aramaic Jerusalem Talmud Pali Sri Lanka Mahavaṃsa5th century Edit Armenian Movses Khorenatsi historian History of Armenia Chinese Bao Zhao Fu on the Ruined City 蕪城賦 Wu cheng fu Fan Ye Book of the Later Han 後漢書 Houhanshu Sanskrit Kalidasa speculated Abhijnanasakuntalam अभ ज ञ न श क न तलम The Recognition of Shakuntala Meghaduta म घद त Cloud Messenger Vikramōrvasiyam व क रम र वश यम Urvashi Won by Valour play Pujyapada Iṣṭopadesa Divine Sermons Sarvarthasiddhi Attainment of Higher Goals Jainendra Vyakaraṇa Jainendra Grammar Samadhitantra Method of SelfContemplation Dasabhaktyadisangraha Collection of Ten Adorations Sabdavataranyasa Arrangement of Words and their Forms Aryabhata Aryabhatiya Kamandaka Nitisara The Elements of Polity Bodhidharma Two Entrances and Four Practices Treatise on Realizing the Nature Refuting Signs Treatise Bhartṛhari Vakyapadiya Treatise on Sanskrit grammar and linguistic philosophy Satakatraya The three hundred poems of moral values Siddhasena Nyayavatara Sanmati sutra Kalyan Mandir stotra Sarvanandi Lokavibhaga Text on Jain Cosmology Tamil 16 Tirukkural Sacred verses Silappatikaram The Tale of the Anklet Pahlavi Matigan i Hazar Datistan The Thousand Laws of the Magistan Frahang i Oim evak Pahlavi Avestan dictionary Pali Sri Lanka Buddhaghosa Visuddhimagga The Path of Purification Latin see Late Latin Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus De Re Militari Augustine of Hippo The City of God Paulus Orosius Seven Books of History Against the Pagans Jerome Vulgate Prudentius Psychomachia Consentius s grammar Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite De Coelesti Hierarchia Perὶ tῆs Oὐranias Ἱerarxias On the Celestial Hierarchy Mystical Theology Socrates of Constantinople Historia Ecclesiastica Greek Nonnus Dionysiaca6th century Edit Latin Boethius De consolatione philosophiae The Consolation of Philosophy 524 Aramaic Babylonian Talmud Sanskrit Varahamihira Pancasiddhantika Treatise on the Five Astronomical Canons Brihat Samhita Great Compilation Encyclopedic Work Yativṛṣabha Tiloya Panatti Book on Cosmology and Mathematics Virahanka Prabhakara Triputipratyaksavada Doctrine of Triple Perception Dharmakirti Saṃbandhaparikṣhavrtti Analysis of Relations Pramaṇaviniscaya Ascertainment of Valid Cognition Nyayabinduprakaraṇa Drop of Logic Hetubindunamaprakaraṇa Drop of Reason Saṃtanantarasiddhinamaprakaraṇa Proof of Others Mindstreams Vadanyayanamaprakaraṇa Reasoning for Debate Prasastapada Padartha dharma saṅgraha Collection of Properties of Matter Bhaviveka Heart of the Middle Wisdom Lamp Udyotakara Nyayavarttika Work on logic Gaudapada Mandukya Karika Sinhalese Wansaththppakasini Sinhalese translation of the Pali Mahavaṃsa 17 Sigiriya Poems Poems written by visitors to the citadel of Sigiriya Pali Sri Lanka Cuḷavaṃsa Irish Early Irish literature Dallan Forgaill Amra life of St Columba See also Edit Literature portalEarly Medieval literature List of languages by first written accounts List of years in literature List of oldest documents List of Hebrew Bible manuscripts Biblical manuscriptReferences Edit Grimbly Shona 2000 Encyclopedia of the Ancient World Taylor amp Francis p 216 ISBN 978 1 57958 281 4 The earliest written literature dates from about 2600 BC when the Sumerians started to write down their long epic poems Why Has No One Ever Heard of the World s First Poet Literary Hub 2017 06 22 Retrieved 2019 01 19 Toby A H Wilkinson Early Dynastic Egypt Routledge London New York 2001 ISBN 0 415 26011 6 Jones Mark 2006 Criminals of the Bible Twenty Five Case Studies of Biblical Crimes and Outlaws FaithWalk Publishing p 6 ISBN 978 1 932902 64 8 The Sumerian code of Urukagina was written around 2400 BC a b Stephanie Dalley ed 2000 Myths from Mesopotamia Creation the Flood Gilgamesh and Others Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 953836 2 Eccles Sir John Carew 1989 Evolution of the Brain Creation of the Self Routledge p 115 ISBN 978 0 415 03224 7 The Epic of Gilgamesh written in Sumer about 2200 BC Miriam Lichtheim 2006 The Old and Middle Kingdoms University of California press p 23 ISBN 9780520248427 OCLC 889165092 a b c d e James P Allen 2015 Middle Egyptian Literature Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 1 107 08743 9 Dalley Stephanie ed 2000 Etana pp 189ff Myths from Mesopotamia Creation The Flood Gilgamesh and Others Oxford University Press ISBN 0199538360 Noonan John T 1987 Bribes University of California Press p 4 ISBN 978 0 520 06154 5 The Poor Man of Nippur dates from about 1500 BC Thorkild Jacobsen 1978 The treasures of darkness a history of Mesopotamian religion Yale University Press pp 167 168 231 Perhaps it was brought east with the Amorites of the First Dynasty of Babylon Miriam Lichtheim Ancient Egyptian Literature vol 2 1980 p 203 a b Alan Lenzi 2008 The Uruk List of Kings and Sages and Late Mesopotamian Scholarship Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 8 2 137 169 doi 10 1163 156921208786611764 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Ajahn Sujato A Practical Guide to Reading The Suttas March 2018 YouTube Sri Lankan Journal of Librarianship and Information Management Vol 4 Nos 3 amp 4 July Dec 2011 pp 1 58 Zvelebil Kamil 1973 The Smile of Murugan on Tamil literature of South India Leiden Brill ISBN 9789004035911 International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications Volume 11 Issue 7 July 2021 682 PDF International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications 11 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ancient literature amp oldid 1150224692 Incomplete list of ancient texts, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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