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📜✍️ #Enheduanna (2285–2250 BCE), daughter of King Sargon of #Akkad, was high priestess of the moon god at #Ur in modern-day #Iraq. She wrote hymns to the goddess Inanna and 42 temple hymns, signing her name – something no known #writer had done before.
#sumer #mesopotamia #ancient #history #poetry #cuneiform #archaeology #literature #writing #princess
Enhéduanna was a Sumerian Princess, Priestess, Hymnographer, Poet and Composer who is considered to be the earliest known named author in world history. A Trobairitz by trade, she was essentially one of several female noblewomen who were traveling troubadours. In Enhéduanna’s case she mostly traveled around Mesopotamia (fuzzily the area around modern day Iraq) “The Exhaltation of Inanna” (https://youtu.be/PSoLHfnr5Gc?si=c_fFINAIpH7lS1Gw) is one of her few surviving pieces
Enheduanna, sacerdotisa de Ur e hija de Sargón I, fue la primera autora conocida en firmar obras: himnos a Inanna que mezclan religión y política. https://aidoo.news/noticia/6GQllx
#Mesopotamia #Sumeria #Enheduanna #MujeresEnLaHistoria #Arqueologia
I've recently written an article about femininity, maternity, and a bit of typography. Topics that are more interlaced than they could look like.
https://www.illugination.com/enheduanna/
#maternity #femininity #typography #sumerian #enheduanna #inanna #writinghistory #obstetrical #midwife
Fascinating article about the world's first documented author, a woman in Mesopotamia, by Elizabeth Winkler in The New Yorker.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-struggle-to-unearth-the-worlds-first-author #WomenWriters #Literature #Mesopotamia #MorganLibrary #Enheduanna
