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Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 [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 (Sīn) 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.
Articles relating to Sargon of Akkad (reigned c. 2334–2279 BCE), his reign, and his depictions. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
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.
The holes around the border suggest that another piece was normally affixed, as for example in the full mask attributed to Sargon of Akkad. The hairbun attached at the back of the head is visible in other rulers as well, such as Sargon or Eannatum in the Stele of the Vultures .
The article is also rather positive in many places. "Sargon's own daughter Enheduanna": it is by no means certain that she was his natural daughter. She was called his "daughter" sure enough, but this may as likely as not be just a court title. A dramatic account of Sargon's conquests is attributed to "Kramer, The Sumerians 61.;
He was the son of Sargon of Akkad. He was succeeded by his brother Manishtushu, and was an uncle of Naram-Sin of Akkad. Naram-Sin posthumously deified Sargon and Manishtushi but not his uncle. [2] His sister was Enheduana, considered the earliest known named author in world history. [3] Little is known about his brother Shu-Enlil.
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.