Enheduanna Becomes First Named Author
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Iraq
- Date: c. 2300
Article abstract: Enheduanna, a princess, priestess, and poet, wrote hymns to the goddess Inanna in which she mentions her own name, thus becoming the earliest author in the world whose name is known.
Summary of Event
Sargon of Akkad united all of Sumer and Akkad into the first real empire on Mesopotamian soil. He also invested his daughter, Enheduanna, with the double office of high priestess of the moon god Nanna (also known as Sin) at Ur and of the sky god An at Uruk. With this appointment, Sargon hoped to exercise more control over the restless and...
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