Enheduanna

(noun)

a poet-priestess and daughter of Sargon.the artificial application of water to the land or soil.

Related Terms

  • ensi
  • salinization
  • Cuneiform
  • irrigation
  • Gilgamesh

Examples of Enheduanna in the following topics:

  • Akkadian Government, Culture, and Economy

    • Their daughters, Enheduanna and Emmenanna respectively, became high priestesses to Sin, the Akkadian version of the Sumerian moon deity, Nanna. at Ur, in the extreme south of Sumer.
    • Enheduanna, the "wife (high priestess) of Nanna, the Sumerian moon god, and daughter of King Sargon" of the temple of Sin at Ur, lived c. 2285–2250 BCE and is the first poet in history whom we know by name.
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