Ancient Documents

Die Bibel, Martin Luther Translation

Full texts of the Old and New Testaments....

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The Flood Narrative From the Gilgamesh Epic

Translation by E.A. Speiser, in Ancient Near Eastern Texts (Princeton, 1950)...

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The Gilgamesh Epic

The Epic of Gilgamesh is, perhaps, the oldest written story on Earth. It comes to us from Ancient Sumeria, and was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cunieform script. It is about the adventures of the historical King of Uruk (somewhere between 2750 and 2500 BC)....

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The Hammurabi Stele

THE HAMMURABI STELE. Partially Retold in English, by Stan Rummel, Director of The Humanities Program, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, Texas. "In the following selections, I have frequently changed the grammar and sequence of words from that of the original text, and I have omitted sections of material, so that what is given will read compreh...

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Manumission and Bridewealth Document

Manumission and Bridewealth Document (14th cent. BCE?)TRANSLATION by K. C. Hanson (Adapted from Finkelstein 1969:546). Language: Akkadian; Medium: Clay tablet; Size: 43 centimeters long 5 centimeters wide; Length: 25 lines of writing Genre: Manumission & Marriage Contract Approximate Date: 14th cent. BCE? Place of Discovery: Ugarit acropolis, R...

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Ishtar Gate Inscription

Dedicatory Inscription on the Ishtar Gate, Babylon; TRANSLATION (Adapted from Marzahn 1995:29-30)Language: Akkadian Medium: glazed brick Size: c. 15 meters high c. 10 meters wide Length: 60 lines of writing Genre: Dedication Inscription Dedicator: Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylonia (reigned 605""562 BCE) Approximate Date: 600 BCE Place of Discovery: ...

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The Complete King James Version

Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. Thanks for helping: Publix weekly ad, Kroger weekly ad, aldi ad, Walgreens weekly ad...

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The Complete Revised Standard Version

Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha....

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Julius Caesar - Wars against France and Germany

Roman civil war. [Ancient Historians and Generals] Julius Caesar's War Commentaries...

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Inscription of Tiglath Pileser I - (38k)

Assyrian and Babylonian texts. Text Source: Library collection: "World's Greatest Literature" Published work: "Babylonian and Assyrian Literature" Translator: Sir H. Rawlinson, K.C.B., D.C.L., Etc. Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son, New York Copyright: Colonial Press, 1901...

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