Sumerian Diplomacy

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Published 2019

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Clay ovens were indispensable to the Sumerians. They had to keep them constantly burning and in tip-top shape. An extinguished tannour was a bad omen. As shown in the following piece of wisdom, the older an oven got, the more care it needed:

Be gentle to your enemy as to an old oven.

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Baking with the Ancient Mesopotamians

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