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Sumerian high priestess of Inanna

Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾Enḫéduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants; fl. c.

2300 BC) was the entu (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (r. c. 2334 – c. 2279 BCE).

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The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world's first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian.

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Enheduanna has been celebrated as the earliest known named author in world history, as a number of works in Sumerian literature, such as the Exaltation of.

Enheduanna was the entu priestess of the moon god Nanna in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad.

She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of the religious group at Ur to cement ties between the Akkadian religion of her father and the native Sumerian religion.

Enheduanna has been celebrated as the earliest known named author in world history, as a number of works in Sumerian literature, such as the Exaltation of Inanna feature her as the first-person narrator, and other works, such as the Sumerian Temple Hymns may identify her as their author.

However, there is considerable debate among modern Assyriologists based on linguistic and archaeological grounds as to whether or not she actually