Akkadian language
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| - | The '''Epic of Gilgamesh''' is an [[epic poetry|epic poem]] from [[Ancient Mesopotamia]] and is among the [[ancient literature|earliest known works of literary fiction]]. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of [[Sumer]]ian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king [[Gilgamesh]], which were gathered into a longer [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] poem much later; the most complete version existing today is preserved on 12 clay tablets in the [[Library of Ashurbanipal|library collection]] of the 7th century BCE [[Assyria]]n king [[Ashurbanipal]]. It was originally titled '''''He who Saw the Deep''''' (''Sha naqba īmuru'') or '''''Surpassing All Other Kings''''' (''Shūtur eli sharrī''). Gilgamesh might have been a real ruler in the late [[History of Sumer|Early Dynastic II]] period (ca. 27th century BCE). | + | '''Akkadian''' (also '''Accadian''', '''Assyro-Babylonian''') is an [[Extinct language|extinct]] [[Semitic language]] (part of the greater [[Afroasiatic languages|Afroasiatic]] language family) that was spoken in ancient [[Mesopotamia]]. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] writing system derived ultimately from ancient [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]], an unrelated [[language isolate]]. The name of the language is derived from the city of [[Akkad]], a major center of Mesopotamian civilization. |
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Akkadian (also Accadian, Assyro-Babylonian) is an extinct Semitic language (part of the greater Afroasiatic language family) that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian, an unrelated language isolate. The name of the language is derived from the city of Akkad, a major center of Mesopotamian civilization.
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