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The World’s First Female Author,
Enhedu’anna
This ancient clay tablet from Babylonia is inscribed in Sumerian
cuneiform and dates to the 20th-17th centuries BC. It mentions King
Sargon’s daughter Enhedu'anna as the author of a hymn to the goddess
Inanna. The tablet has lines written first by the teacher in the first
column, with 2 students repeating the hymn in columns 2 and 3.
Enhedu’anna was the daughter of King Sargon of Akkad (2334-2279 BC),
founder of the first documented empire in Asia. Enhedu’anna emerges as a
genuine creative talent, a poetess as well as a princess, a priestess
and a prophetess. She is, in fact, the first named, non-legendary author
in history. As such she has found her way into contemporary
anthologies, especially of women’s literature.
(Source:
schoyencollection.com)
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