Inanna and Ebih is a Sumerian/Akkadian poem attributed to Enheduanna (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2194/inanna-and-ebih/ #History #Enheduanna #Inanna #MesopotamianLiterature

The Hymn to Inanna (also known as The Great-Hearted Mistress) is a passionate devotional work by the poet and high priestess Enheduanna (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2109/hymn-to-inanna/ #History #Enheduanna #Inanna #MesopotamianLiterature

#transgender #trans #transgenderinhistory
Perhaps a bit of historical encouragement - would you have thought this about Ancient Iraq? #Sumerian #Akkadian
Hymn to the #goddess #Inanna by the female author #enheduanna -

Inanna's "clergy were male, female, and transgender with the men and women frequently cross-dressing to embody Inanna's transformative powers."

See World History Encyclopedia
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2109/hymn-to-inanna/

Akkad was the seat of the Akkadian Empire (2334-2218 BCE), the first multi-national political entity in the world, founded by Sargon the Great (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/akkad/ #History #Akkad #Enheduanna #Eridu

Inanna and Ebih is a Sumerian/Akkadian poem attributed to Enheduanna (l. 2285-2250 BCE), daughter of Sargon of Akkad. #History #Inanna #Enheduanna #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2194/inanna-and-ebih/

A wonderful bit of playing and singing by Peter Pringle. From the video description:
"THE EXALTATION OF #INANNA was written in #Sumerian by the daughter of Sargon The Great, the High Priestess of Inanna in the city of #Ur, a woman by the name of #Enheduanna. What you hear in this video, are the first twelve lines of the EXALTATION, sung in Sumerian, and accompanied on a scale #replica of the remarkable “Gold #Lyre of Ur”, discovered in the 1920’s by British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley.
Enheduanna was born more than 4,000 years ago, and she is the first named author of a literary work that we know of. Her writings and her history are well documented on the internet, and if you are interested in learning more about her, I refer you to a wonderful website called “enheduana ‘dot’ net”."
The description also talks a bit more about the lyre, exaltation, and his approach. #music #AncientMusic #archaeomusicology #musodons #histodons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoLHfnr5Gc

Who Was #Enheduanna? The World’s First #Author, Explained / #WomensHistoryMonth

https://www.themarysue.com/who-was-enheduanna-the-worlds-first-author-explained/

Today l learned about Enheduanna (2285-2250 BCE), the first writer in history whose name we know. And, significantly, a woman.

Thanks to rhe excellent writer Sarah Schulman for compiling the info and adding some conclusions.

' 4. Women expressing themselves and influencing culture has gone in and out of possibility for thousands of years.... But men's wealth and power elevate women and also take us down.... '

#Enheduanna #AkkadianEmpire #poets #hymns #StateReligion

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Inanna is the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, sensuality, fertility, procreation, and also of war. She later became identified by the Akkadians and Assyrians as the goddess Ishtar, and further with the Hittite Sauska, the Phoenician Astarte and the Greek Aphrodite, among many others.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Inanna/ #Akkad #Aphrodite #Enheduanna

Akkad was the seat of the Akkadian Empire (2334-2218 BCE), the first multi-national political entity in the world, founded by Sargon the Great (r. 2334-2279 BCE) who unified Mesopotamia under his rule and set the model for later Mesopotamian kings to follow or attempt to surpass. The Akkadian Empire set a number of "firsts' which would later become standard.
https://www.worldhistory.org/akkad/ #Akkad #Enheduanna #Eridu

@whencyclopedia I know him through #Enheduanna https://www.worldhistory.org/Enheduanna/

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

The Hymn to Inanna (also known as The Great-Hearted Mistress ) is a passionate devotional work by the poet and high priestess Enheduanna (l. 2285-2250 BCE), the first author in the world known by name. The poem is significant as one of the oldest works of literature extant and for its content elevating the goddess Inanna above all others. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2109/hymn-to-inanna/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #Sumer #Inanna #Enheduanna