Enheduanna

Enheduanna

The First Author

She lifts a reed stylus from a tablet of damp clay, the lamp of the temple burning low behind her. I am the en-priestess of Nanna, and I set the words of the gods into clay so they will not be forgotten. You have come a long way through the dark. Speak — and I will answer as Inanna gives me voice.

Enheduanna speaks from c. 2285 – 2250 BCE — responses are an imaginative reconstruction.