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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.
Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 [1] Enḫéduanna, also transliterated as Enheduana, En-he2-du7-an-na, or variants) 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.
During the Akkadian period (c. 2334–2154 BCE), following the conquests of Sargon of Akkad, Inanna and originally independent Ishtar became so extensively syncretized that they became regarded as effectively the same. [34] [22] The Akkadian poet Enheduanna, the daughter of Sargon, wrote numerous hymns to Inanna, identifying her with Ishtar.
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 following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org Akkadiese Ryk; Sargon van Akkad; Enheduanna; Usage on ar.wikipedia.org سرجون الأكدي
Tashlultum (fl. ca. late 24th to early 23rd centuries BCE) 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, king of Akkad, unified Lower and Upper Mesopotamia, creating the first true Mesopotamian empire. Though Sargon most commonly used the title "King of Akkad" (šar māt Akkadi [18]), he also introduced the more boastful title of šar kiššatim ("King of Everything" or "King of the Universe"), used prominently by his successors. [19]
The king of Akkad (Akkadian: šar māt Akkadi, lit. ' king of the land of Akkad ' [1]) was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia.In the 3rd millennium BC, from the reign of Sargon of Akkad to the reign of his great-grandson Shar-Kali-Sharri, the Akkadian Empire represented the dominant power in Mesopotamia and the first known great empire.