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Inanna[a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar[b] (and occasionally the logogram ššÆ). Her primary title is "the Queen ...
Art of Uruk. Mask of Warka, or Head of Inanna, found at Uruk, c. 3100 BCE. The art of Uruk encompasses the sculptures, seals, pottery, architecture, and other arts produced in Uruk, an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia that thrived during the Uruk period around 4200-3000 BCE. [1]: 40 The city continued to develop into the Early Dynastic ...
Mask of Warka. The Mask of Warka (named after the modern village of Warka located close to the ancient city of Uruk), also known as the Lady of Uruk, dating from 3100 BC, is one of the earliest known representations of the human face. The carved marble female face is probably a depiction of Inanna. It is approximately 20 cm (8 inches) tall, and ...
E-anna (Sumerian: ššš¾ É - AN.NA, house of heavens), also referred to as the Temple of Inanna, was an ancient Sumerian temple in Uruk. Considered the "residence" of Inanna, it is mentioned throughout the Epic of Gilgamesh and various other texts. [1] The evolution of the gods to whom the temple was dedicated is the subject of scholarly ...
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Ibbi-Suen. v. t. e. Enheduanna (Sumerian: šš¶ššš¾[1] Enįø«éduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants) 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. c. 2334 – c. 2279 BCE). She was likely appointed by her ...
The Lament for Uruk is one of five known Mesopotamian "city laments"— dirges for ruined cities in the voice of the city's tutelary goddess, recited by elegists called gala. [3] It was inspired by the Lament for Ur.
Urkayītu. Goddess of Uruk. Member of the pentad of Uruk. Major cult center. Uruk. Urkayītu, [ 1] also known as Urkītum, [ 2] was a Mesopotamian goddess who likely functioned as the divine representation of the city of Uruk. Her name was initially an epithet of Inanna, but later she came to be viewed as a separate goddess.