Sargon of Akkad
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Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. He is sometimes ident
Sargon of Akkad on his victory stele, with inscription "King Sargon" (๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ล ar-ru-gi lugal) vertically inscribed in front of him (see later image for detail)
"King Sargon" (๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ล ar-ru-gi lugal) on the Victory stele of Sargon
The stele, with Sargon leading a procession
"King Sargon"
Enheduanna
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Enheduanna was the entu priestess of the moon god Nanna in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad. She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of the religi
Sargon of Akkad
โฆwife, Queen Tashlultum, those of a number of his children, and of a likely brother, called ลชbil-Aลกtar or Ubil-Eshtar, are known to us. His daughter Enheduanna was a high priestess of the moon God in Ur who composed ritual hymns. Many of her works, including her Exaltation of Inanna, were in use for centuriesโฆ
Enheduanna, high priestess of Nanna (c. 2300 BC)
The Disk of Enheduanna, discovered by Leonard Woolley shows the high priestess standing in worship as what has been interpreted as a nude male figure pours a libation
The ruins of the Giparu (front), the temple complex where Enheduanna served as an EN priestess