A praise song in this language repeats words punning on the name of a tool used “Where Flesh Came Forth.” An oft-copied poem in this language beginning “In those days, in those far-off days” was highlighted as a “literary borrowing” by Samuel Noah Kramer. Subjects such as a sheep and grain or a hoe and plough contest their superiority in this language’s “disputation literature.” Tutelary goddesses chronicle destruction in five poetic “city laments” that use this language’s female eme-sal dialect. A High Priestess who used this language for a set of Temple Hymns and an “Exaltation” of a goddess is often labeled the world’s first named author. The hero of a story originally recorded in this language slays the Cedar Forest’s guardian with his “wild man” friend. For 10 points, name this language used to first record the Epic of Gilgamesh. ■END■
ANSWER: Sumerian [accept eme-gir] (Clues include “Song of the Hoe,” Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, and Enheduanna.)
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