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Read a Sumerian composition alongside a temple foundation object, and distinguish a literary narrative from evidence of worship.
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Use the entry to orient yourself, then follow its references. Keep Sumerian compositions and later Akkadian accounts distinct when comparing names and episodes.
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Oxford’s Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature presents Inana’s descent with line numbers and manuscript variations. Note what the text says at the seven gates and how the editors mark alternatives.
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The Met identifies this figure as Ur-Namma carrying a basket. Its inscription associates it with a temple of Inanna. It documents a ruler’s building activity, not the events of the descent narrative.
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Read the atlas account with the translation beside it. Identify one detail supported by the literary text and one question the foundation figure cannot answer.
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