The Akkadian/Sumerian poet Enheduanna (2285-2250 BC) is the world’s first named author. #CelebratingWomen 
That right. The world's first author was a woman, writing over 4000 years ago. And she was - and still remains - very, very influential.
She is credited with creating the paradigms of poetry, psalms, and prayers used throughout the ancient world. Through the Babylonians, her works influenced and inspired the prayers and psalms of the Hebrew Bible and the Homeric hymns of Greece.
Enheduanna’s name translates as 'High Priestess of An’ (the sky god) or 'En-Priestess, wife of the god Nanna'.
As High Priestess of the largest temple in Sumer, she organized and presided over the political and religious life of the city.
As High Priestess of the largest temple in Sumer, she organized and presided over the political and religious life of the city.
She is best known for her hymns Inninsagurra, Ninmesarra, and Inninmehusa, as well as other works of poetry and social commentary.
She also held her own against an attempted coup by a Sumerian rebel named Lugal-Ane who forced her into exile.
In 1927, archaeologist Sir Leonard Wooley found the now-famous Enhuduanna calcite disc in his excavations at the Sumerian site of Ur.
Inscriptions on the disc identify the four figures: Enheduanna, her estate manager Adda; her hairdresser Ilum Palilis; her scribe Sagadu.
That's right. Her HAIRDRESSER.
She rocked.
That's right. Her HAIRDRESSER.
She rocked.
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