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Hymns and Temple Songs
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The Temple HymnsForty-two hymns to the temples of Sumer by Enheduanna, the world's first named author — translated from Sumerian.The Zame HymnsThe oldest known collection of hymns in world literature — sixty-eight praise-songs to the gods and cities of Sumer, carved on clay tablets at Abu Salabikh around 2600 BCE. Each hymn ends with the refrain za-me: Praise.