Disputations or Literary Debates (Sumerian)

This work is an anonymous collection of Sumerian literary debates, or disputations, from around 2000 BCE. It is significant as an early example of a literary genre focused on rhetorical contests and intellectual arguments.

Collection thread: Suffering and Doubt

Continue through this collection

• The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, Babylonian)
• Dialogue of Pessimism (Babylonian — "Nothing Is Of Value")
• Nig-Nam Nu-Kal — "Nothing is of Value" (Sumerian)

Sources for Disputations or Literary Debates (Sumerian)

• Open primary source
• Wikipedia