Question
This script was used to write the “Tintir” list, which notably makes no mention of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this script widely used in ancient Babylonia, whose name refers to its wedge-shaped impressions.
ANSWER: Babylonian cuneiform
[10h] Babylonian scribes preserved works like the “Exaltation of Inanna” by this Sumerian priestess, who is often described as the earliest named author in literary history.
ANSWER: Enheduanna
[10m] In On the Spectacles, this Roman poet wrote “[let no] Assyrian toil boast of Babylon”. This poet mocked day-to-day Roman life in his twelve books of Epigrams.
ANSWER: Martial [or Marcus Valerius Martialis]
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