Profile of Enheduanna, Priestess of Inanna

Profile of Enheduanna, Priestess of Inanna Enheduanna is the soonest creator and writer on the planet that history knows by name. Enheduanna (Enheduana) was the girl of the incomparable Mesopotamian ruler, Sargon of Akkad. Her dad was Akkadian, a Semitic people. Her mom may have been Sumerian. Enheduanna was the named by her dad to be priestess of the sanctuary of Nanna, the Akkadian moon god, in the biggest city and focus of her dads domain, the city of Ur. In this position, she would likewise have made a trip to different urban communities in the empire. She additionally obviously held some thoughtful power, motioned by the En in her name. Enheduanna helped her dad cement his political power and join the Sumerian city-states by consolidating the love of numerous neighborhood city goddesses into the love of the Sumerian goddess, Inanna, raising Inanna to a better situation over different divinities. Enheduanna wroteâ three songs to Inanna which endure and which outline three very various subjects of antiquated strict confidence. In one, Inanna is a brutal warrior goddess who vanquishes a mountain despite the fact that different divine beings will not support her. A second, thirty refrains long, observes Inannas job in administering progress and regulating the home and youngsters. In a third, Enheduanna approaches her own relationship with the goddess for help in recovering her situation as priestess of the sanctuary against a male usurper. The long content that recounts to the narrative of Inanna is accepted by a couple of researchers to be erroneously credited to Enheduanna however the accord is that it is hers. At any rate 42, maybe upwards of 53, different psalms endure that are credited to Enheduanna, including three songs to the moon god, Nanna, and different sanctuaries, divine beings, and goddesses. Enduring cuneiform tablets with the songs are duplicates from around 500 years after Enheduanna lived, verifying the endurance of the investigation of her sonnets in Sumer. No contemporary tablets endure. Since we dont know how the language was articulated, we can't concentrate a portion of the organization and style of her sonnets. The sonnets appear to have eight to twelve syllables for every line, and numerous lines end with vowel sounds. She additionally utilizes reiteration of sounds, words, and expressions. Her dad managed for a long time and delegated her to the high priestess position late in his reign. When he kicked the bucket and was prevailing by his child, she proceeded in that position. At the point when that sibling kicked the bucket and another succeeded him, she stayed in her amazing position. When her second decision sibling passed on, and Enheduannas nephew Naram-Sin dominated, she again proceeded in her position. She may have thought of her long sonnets during his rule, as answers to parties that defied him. (The name Enheduanna is likewise composed as Enheduana. The name Inanna is additionally composed as Inana.) Dates:â about 2300 BCE - assessed at 2350 or 2250 BCEOccupation: priestess of Nanna, artist, song writerAlso Known as: Enheduana, En-hedu-AnaPlaces: Sumer (Sumeria), City of Ur Family Father: King Sargon the Great (Sargon of Agade or Akkad, ~2334-2279 BCE) Enheduanna: Bibliography Betty De Shong Meador. Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna. 2001.Samuel N. Kramer, Diane Wolkstein. Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth. 1983.