Lament for Sumer and Ur

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient Mesopotamian poem
Sumerian lament
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Ur
gptkb:Sumer
gptkbp:date circa 2000 BCE
gptkbp:genre dirge
gptkbp:historicalName Elamite invasion
fall of Ur III dynasty
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lament for Sumer and Ur
gptkbp:language Sumerian
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Anu
gptkb:Enki
gptkb:Enlil
god Nanna
goddess Ningal
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Istanbul_Archaeology_Museums
clay tablets
gptkbp:relatedWork Lament for Ur
Lament for Eridu
Lament for Nippur
Lament for Uruk
gptkbp:significance important source for Sumerian religion and history
one of the oldest known literary laments
gptkbp:subject destruction of Sumer
destruction of Ur
gptkbp:theme mourning
city destruction
divine abandonment
gptkbp:writtenBy cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fall_of_Ur
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7