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Date: 1900 B.C.E.
A Hymn to Nungal is a Mesopotamian literary text that portrays the goddess Nungal as the divine overseer of prisons and punishment. The hymn explains how confinement and discipline function as tools meant to correct wrongdoing rather than simply inflict harm. It offers insight into how justice, mercy, and social order were understood within the religious framework of ancient Mesopotamia.
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