The YT page explains:
“The Poor Man of Nippur” is a c. 3,000 year-old comic folk tale in Babylonian language. The main manuscript is a clay tablet from 701 BC found at the site of Sultantepe, in South-East Turkey. Recounted by a third-party narrator, it tells the story of the three-fold revenge which Gimil-Ninurta wreaks on the local Mayor after the latter wrongs him.”
Watch the full film here: https://youtu.be/pxYoFlnJLoE
Find out more about ancient Mesopotamia and Cambridge Assyriology at: https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/about-us/m…
Find out more about Assyriology as a university subject here: https://youtu.be/FjktznUmOSg The ‘Behind the Scenes’ video was funded by The Arts and Humanities Impact Fund at the University of Cambridge.
