# Disputation between two contenders
# Transition 2 (where at least one party seeks a judge to settle the dispute)
# Adjudication scene (where the winner is declared)

Features

As dialogues, and unlike fables or other narrative texts, very little narration is present in Sumerian disputations. The contenders are inarticulate objects or creatures, like trees or fish. Unlike dialogues from other cultures or genres which aims to resolve a problem, these disputations aim to establish what is superior. Typically, the winner

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