Editing Sumer (section)

====Funerary practices====
It was believed that when people died, they would be confined to a gloomy world of [[Ereshkigal]], whose realm was guarded by gateways with various monsters designed to prevent people entering or leaving. The dead were buried outside the city walls in graveyards where a small mound covered the corpse, along with offerings to monsters and a small amount of food. Those who could afford it sought burial at Dilmun.<ref name="Carl Phillips 2013"/> [[Human sacrifice]] was found in the death pits at the Ur royal cemetery where Queen [[Puabi]] was accompanied in death by her servants.