Sumerian disputations
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.
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The list of the majority of the known debates is as follows (from Kramer):[1]
(alphabetical)
- –Debate between bird and fish
- –Debate between cattle and grain
- –Debate between the millstone and the gulgul-stone
- –Debate between the pickaxe and the plough (translation)
- –Debate between silver and mighty copper (translation)
- –Debate between Summer and Winter
- –Debate between tree and the reed
Additionally, four compositions of the disputation type with the Sumerian school, and its graduates or teachers:[1]
- –The Disputation between Enkmansi and Girnishag
- –The Colloquy between an ungula and a Scribe
- –The Disputation between Enkitalu and Enkihegal
- –Disputation between Two School Graduates
An additional text concerns women:[1]
- –Disputation between two unnamed ladies
References
- Kramer. The Sumerians: Their History, Culture and Character. University of Chicago Press. pp. 355–. ISBN 0-226-45238-7.
- 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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