Sumerian disputations

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The Sumerian disputation or Sumerian debate is a topical short story created in the middle-to-late 3rd millennium BC. Seven major debates are known, with specific titles.

The list of the majority of the known debates is as follows (from Kramer):^[1]

(alphabetical)

1. –Debate between bird and fish
2. –Debate between cattle and grain
3. –Debate between the millstone and the gulgul-stone
4. –Debate between the pickaxe and the plough (translation)
5. – (translation)
6. –Debate between Summer and Winter
7. –

Additionally, four compositions of the disputation type with the Sumerian school, and its graduates or teachers:^[1]

1. –The Disputation between Enkmansi and Girnishag
2. –The Colloquy between an ungula and a Scribe
3. –The Disputation between Enkitalu and Enkihegal
4. –

An additional text concerns women:^[1]

1. –

References[]

• Kramer, 1963. The Sumerians: Their History, Culture and Character, Samuel Noah Kramer, c 1963, The University of Chicago Press, Chapter 5, Literature: The Sumerian Belles-Lettres, pp. 165–228; Disputation literature, pp. 217–228.

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