Gudea cylinders
The Gudea cylinders are a pair of terracotta cylinders dating to circa 2125 BC, on which is written in cuneiform a Sumerian myth called the Building of Ningirsu's temple. The cylinders were made by Gudea, the ruler of Lagash, and were found in 1877 during excavations at Telloh (ancient Girsu), Iraq and are now displayed in the Louvre in Paris, France. They are the largest cuneiform cylinders yet discovered and contain the longest known text written in the Sumerian language.
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Ningirsu
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Gudea
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Telloh
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Gudea cylinders
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2125-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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1877-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
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