Enheduanna
the First Author




Who: Perhaps more a title than a name, "Enheduanna" means something like "High Priestess, Ornament of the Sky."

When: Enheduanna was born around 2300 BCE, though some scholars place her a little later, at circa 2285-2250 BCE.

Where: Sumer and Akkad (Mesopotamian kingdoms) were united and ruled by Enheduanna's father. Enheduanna was Akkadian, but lived in the Sumerian city or Ur. This is in the part of the world that we now know as southern Iraq.