Lament for Ur
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Lament for Ur is an ancient Sumerian elegiac poem mourning the destruction of the city of Ur and reflecting on divine wrath and human suffering.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lament for Sumer and Ur | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian literary work
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Sumerian lament ⓘ ancient poem ⓘ elegiac poem ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
circa 2000–1900 BCE
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early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| associatedCivilization | Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Inanna
NERFINISHED
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Nanna NERFINISHED ⓘ Ningal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| culture | Sumerian ⓘ |
| genre |
city lament
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lamentation ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
destruction of Ur by Elamites and their allies
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fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur ⓘ |
| language | Sumerian language ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery of desolation
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parallelism ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Mesopotamian city laments ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
city of Ur
NERFINISHED
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destruction of a city ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person voice of a mourning goddess ⓘ |
| preservedOn | clay tablets ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Lament for Eridu
NERFINISHED
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Lament for Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ Lament for Sumer and Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ Lament for Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamentation over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
ritual lament
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temple liturgy ⓘ |
| scholarlyField | Assyriology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Ancient Near Eastern literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
abandonment by the gods
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city’s downfall ⓘ destruction of Ur ⓘ divine wrath ⓘ human suffering ⓘ impermanence of human achievements ⓘ loss and mourning ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Lament for Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Lament for Sumer and Ur