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The Debate between Sheep and Grain

A Sumerian disputation poem — the goddess Sheep and the goddess Grain argue before Enlil and Enki over which gives more to humankind.

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Tradition
Sumerian disputation literature. One of a genre of structured debates (Bird and Fish, Tree and Reed, Summer and Winter) that worked out cosmological and economic order in dialogue form.
Translation
ETCSL — J.A. Black, G. Cunningham, E. Robson, G. Zólyomi et al. (2003). Used by permission for educational and non-commercial purposes.
License
ETCSL translation. Reproduced for educational and religious commentary under ETCSL's non-commercial educational use clause.
Source
etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk

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