Enheduanna
saidundated
She stirs confusion and chaos against those who are disobedient to her, speeding carnage and inciting the devastating flood, clothed in terrifying radiance.
— About Inanna, Lines 18-28.
Enheduanna
Akkadian princess; Sumerian high priestess of Nanna at Ur; poet and philosopher
- Fame57.8
- Momentum0.3
- Writers rank#133
Source-basedFalling
- Fame57.8
- Momentum0.3
- Writers rank#133
- Wikipedia16.9K
Lived -2300–-2300, aged 0
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Updated 2026-06-09
She's credited as the first named author in human history — a Sumerian high priestess whose hymns survived 4,300 years. Whether she actually wrote them is now the sharper question.
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Enheduanna was appointed high priestess of the moon god Nanna at Ur around 2300 BC, likely by her father Sargon of Akkad, to bind his Akkadian empire to Sumerian tradition. Works like the Exaltation of Inanna name her as their voice, and for centuries she was remembered. Then she vanished. In 1927 Leonard Woolley unearthed an alabaster disk at Ur with her name and title inscribed, pulling her back into view. The problem: every surviving manuscript was copied six centuries after her death, in a later dialect, by scribes who may have mythologized her. Modern Assyriologists argue over linguistics…
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Enheduanna
saidundated
Her wrath is a devastating flood which no one can withstand. A great watercourse, she abases those whom she despises. The mistress, a hurin bird who lets no one escape.
— About Inanna, Lines 29-38.
Enheduanna
saidundated
On the wide and silent plain, darkening the bright daylight, she turns midday into darkness. People look upon each other in anger, they look for combat.
— About Inanna, Lines 49-59.
Enheduanna
saidundated
Her great heart performs her bidding.
— About Inanna, Lines 49-59.
Enheduanna
saidundated
Humbling huge mountains as if they were piles of litter, ... She brings about the destruction of the mountain lands from east to west.
— About Inanna, Lines 60-72.
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