Sumerian literature

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Mesopotamian literature ancient literature literature

Sumerian literature is the body of written works in the Sumerian language, preserved mainly on clay tablets, that includes myths, hymns, epics, legal texts, and scholarly writings from ancient Mesopotamia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sumerian literature canonical 4
Mesopotamian epic tradition 1
Sumerian creation myths 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian literature ⓘ
ancient literature ⓘ
literature ⓘ
copiedIn scribal schools ⓘ
decipheredInCentury 19th century ⓘ
genreIncludes epic ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
incantation ⓘ
lamentation ⓘ
legal text ⓘ
love song ⓘ
myth ⓘ
proverb ⓘ
ritual text ⓘ
royal inscription ⓘ
scholarly text ⓘ
influenced Akkadian literature ⓘ
Assyrian literature ⓘ
Babylonian literature ⓘ
language Sumerian language ⓘ
locatedInTime 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
Akkadian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian Empire period

Early Dynastic period ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia

Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Old Babylonian period

Ur III period ⓘ
medium clay tablets ⓘ
notableAuthor Enheduanna ⓘ
notableWork Enki and Ninhursag ⓘ
Enki and the World Order ⓘ
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta ⓘ
Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
surface form: Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian poems)

Inanna and Enki ⓘ
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ
surface form: Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld

Kesh Temple Hymn ⓘ
Lament for Ur ⓘ
surface form: Lament for Sumer and Ur

Lament for Ur ⓘ
Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave ⓘ
surface form: Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird

Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave ⓘ
Temple hymns of Enheduanna ⓘ
The Curse of Agade ⓘ
Instructions of Shuruppak ⓘ
surface form: The Instructions of Shuruppak
originatedIn Sumer ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
preservationMethod baked clay tablets ⓘ
unbaked clay tablets ⓘ
primaryCitiesFeatured Eridu ⓘ
Lagash ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
Ur ⓘ
Uruk ⓘ
primaryDeitiesFeatured Enki ⓘ
Enlil ⓘ
Inanna ⓘ
Nanna ⓘ
Utu ⓘ
rediscoveredBy Assyriology ⓘ
surface form: modern Assyriology
scriptType logophonetic script ⓘ
usedFor education ⓘ
legal administration ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ
royal propaganda ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nippur → knownFrom → Sumerian literature ⓘ
Dumuzi → appearsIn → Sumerian literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian laments
Sumerian religion → relatedTo → Sumerian literature ⓘ
Enmerkar → describedIn → Sumerian literature ⓘ
Enmerkar → describedIn → Sumerian literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian epic tradition
Namtar → mentionedIn → Sumerian literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian myths
Enlil and Ninlil → studiedIn → Sumerian literature ⓘ
Ninhursag → appearsIn → Sumerian literature ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sumerian creation myths