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The oldest surviving myth in this language has a story-within-a-story in which a burning star kills 74 family members of a giant blue snake with a human head. A satirical text in this language pities a weaver who can’t breathe and a builder with kidney disease to extol the life of officials. In a fragmentary (10[1])text in this language, a man and his soul argue whether life or death is better, (10[1])and then switch sides and make opposite arguments. In a myth in this language, the king’s death so shocks a man that he flees east, passes out, (10[1])and then becomes a foreign military commander who defeats a Goliath-like enemy from Retjenu (“reh-cheh-NOO”). The story of Sinuhe (10[5]) (10[1])(“see-NOO-hay”) was (10[3])written in this (10[4])language, as was a myth about a series of (10[1])“Contendings” that (10[1])includes a painted wooden, a breath-holding contest, and (-5[1])semen-infused (10[3])lettuce. For 10 (10[2])points, name this language whose writing system was invented by Thoth. (10[1])■END■

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