Story of Ahikar
Time: 500 BC
Place: Aswan, Egypt
Details: The Story of Aḥiqar, also known as the Words of Aḥiqar, is a story first attested in Imperial Aramaic from the fifth century BCE on papyri from Elephantine, that circulated widely in the Middle and Near East. It has been characterized as "one of the earliest 'international books' of world literature".
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