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Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌ð’€ð’ˆ¾ [1] Enḫéduanna, 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 (SÄ«n) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad (r.
Family tree of Sargon of Akkad. The name of Sargon's main wife, Queen Tashlultum, and those of a number of his children are known to us. [73] [74] His daughter Enheduanna was a high priestess of the moon God in Ur who composed ritual hymns. [75] Many of her works, including her Exaltation of Inanna, were in use for centuries thereafter.
Tashlultum (fl. c. 2300 BC) was a wife of King Sargon of Akkad.Her name is known to archaeology only from a single shard of an alabaster vase or bowl with an inscription indicating it was dedicated to the temple by her steward.
Sargon Stele: 2.118E [Sargon II] The Great “Summary" Inscription: 284–285 [Sargon II] Inscriptions of a General Nature (1) Annals of Sargon II: 2.118F [Sargon II] The Small “Summary" Inscription: 285 [Sargon II] From Annalistic Reports (11-15) Sargon II's Prisms: 2.118i [Sargon II] The Nimrud Inscription: 287 [Sargon II] From Broken ...
The Sargon legend is a Sumerian text purporting to be Sargon's biography. In the text, Ur-Zababa is mentioned, who awakens after a dream. For unknown reasons, Ur-Zababa appoints Sargon as a cupbearer. Soon after this, Ur-Zababa invites Sargon to his chambers to discuss a dream of Sargon's, involving the favor of the goddess Inanna. Ur-Zababa ...
Articles relating to Sargon of Akkad (reigned c. 2334–2279 BCE), his reign, and his depictions. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Assyrians took it, as the Akkadians had intended, to mean "King of the Universe" [1] and adopted it to lay claim to continuity from the old empire of Sargon of Akkad. [17] The title had been used sporadically by previous Assyrian kings, such as Shamshi-Adad I (r. 1809–1776 BC) of the Old Assyrian Empire and Ashur-uballit I (r. 1353–1318 ...
The Chronicle begins with events from the late third-millennium reign of Sargon of Akkad and ends, where the tablet is broken away, with the reign of Agum III, c. 1500 BC. A third tablet, named Fragment B [2]: 192 or CM 41, [3] deals with related subject matter and may be a variant tradition of the same type of work.