Inana's descent to the nether world
Sumerian
Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
64 pages
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Inana abandons her throne to face the silence of the dead. This ancient text forces us to ask what it truly costs to return from the brink of oblivion.