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her time as a high priestess in Ur; however, Assyriologists are unsure whether Enheduanna composed the hymns herself or if a scribe composed them on her behalf. During the Ur-III period, hymns praising rulers and heroes became a popular literary genre, although only copies from later periods survive. Toward the end of the Ur-III period, a series of poems lamenting the decline of Ur were produced, with the famous ''Lament over the destruction of Sumer and Ur'' detailing the capture of King Ibbi-Sin

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