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Hymn to Nungal, a Sumerian poem dated to the Old Babylonian Period (c. 2000-1600 BCE), owing to the number of copies found from that era, but possibly composed during the Ur III Period (2047-1750 BCE).
Exhibit in the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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