"Dumuzid the Shepherd" is also the subject of a series of epic poems in Sumerian literature.
Sumerian literature continued in rich development during the Akkadian period (a notable example being Enheduanna).
Government officials learned to write at special schools that used only Sumerian literature.
Most Sumerian literature is preserved indirectly, via Assyrian or Babylonian copies.
Sumerian literature has not been handed down to us directly, rather it has been rediscovered through archaeology.
Parts of the text were based on the Instructions of Shuruppak and other Sumerian literature.
They learnt and adopted the cuneiform writing, they took over the Sumerian literature.
Along with Sumerian literature, it is considered the world's earliest literature.
Much of what we know about Sumerian literature comes from this discovery.
Aratta is described as follows in Sumerian literature:
