Where is the instructions of Shuruppak?
The text is set in great antiquity by its incipit: “In those days, in those far remote times, in those nights, in those faraway nights, in those years, in those far remote years.” The precepts are placed in the mouth of a king Ć uruppak (SU.KUR.RUki), son of Ubara-Tutu. When was the instructions of Shuruppak written?…