Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur — First Urban Catastrophe Narrative
Create the Great Book with our AIקינה על חורבן אור
History register · custodian, not owner
The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur is a 436-line Sumerian poem mourning the fall of Ur. It is the oldest known ancestor of the literary genre of city laments — a genre that would culminate in Jeremiah's Lamentations (Eikhah) on the destruction of Jerusalem.
Great Book being written
This Great Book does not yet have published chapters. The chapters — each bearing its register, its epistemic status and its sources — will be added as editorial enrichment and assisted generation progress.
🔗 Cite / link this page
Copy any of these formats to cite this page or link to it.
Link
https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/textes/lamentation-sur-la-destruction-d-ur-premier-recit-de-catastrophe-urbaineHTML
<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/textes/lamentation-sur-la-destruction-d-ur-premier-recit-de-catastrophe-urbaine">Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur — First Urban Catastrophe Narrative — Zakhor</a>Citation
Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur — First Urban Catastrophe Narrative — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/textes/lamentation-sur-la-destruction-d-ur-premier-recit-de-catastrophe-urbaine