What is Enheduanna?
{{no sources|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Enheduanna | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Birth name disputed | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]] | occupation = [[Priest|Priestess]] and [[Poet]] | years_active = {{circa}} [[23rd century BC]] | known_for = The first known person to write from a first person perspective; the first known priestess in the Akkadian Empire. | notable_works = ''[[The Exaltation of Inanna]]''<br/> (poem) | father = [[Sargon of Akkad]] }} '''Enheduanna''' (born '''Birth name disputed'''; {{circa}} [[23rd century BC]]) was a [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]] [[Priest|priestess]] and [[poet]] who is best known for writing her only known work, ''[[The Exaltation of Inanna]]'', from a [[First-person narrative|first-person]] perspective. She is also much less known for being the first known [[Priest|priestess]] in the [[Akkadian Empire]]. She is celebrated as the first known person to write from a first-person perspective. She is often mistakenly thought to be the first known writer. [[File:Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad.jpg|thumb|A ancient portrait of Enheduanna.]] == Biography == Enheduanna was the daughter of [[Sargon of Akkad]], who was the [[emperor]] and the founder of the [[Akkadian Empire]]. Her real birth name is rather disputed. When she grew up, Enheduanna became the priestess of the [[Akkadian Empire]] (She was the first known priestess in the Akkadian Empire), in which she likely inherited the title ''Enheduanna''. Enheduanna was the priestess of the [[Deity|goddess]] [[Nanna]]. Enheduanna was highly likely not her birth name. Given her role as a priestess to the goddess Nanna, Enheduanna would have served as the embodiment of [[Ningal]], who was said to be the spouse of Nanna. This would have given her actions divine authority. Modern-day [[Archaeology|archaeo