These are inscribed cylinders from the time of the Sumerian ruler Gudea, c.2120 BC - that is, well over four thousand years ago. In the cuneiform inscription on the cylinders, which tells of the building of the temple of Ningirsu, we find perhaps the earliest, perhaps the first-ever-recorded descriptions of dreams.
The Gudea Cylinders
These are inscribed cylinders from the time of the Sumerian ruler Gudea, c.2120 BC - that is, well over four thousand years ago. In the cuneiform inscription on the cylinders, which tells of the building of the temple of Ningirsu, we find perhaps the earliest, perhaps the first-ever-recorded descriptions of dreams.
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