Akkadian princess; Sumerian high priestess of Nanna at Ur; poet and philosopher
(Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾, also transliterated as Enheduana or En-hedu-ana, fl. ) is the earliest known poet whose name has been recorded. She was the High Priestess of the goddess Inanna and the Nanna/Sin. She lived in the ian city-state of Ur. Her father was and her mother was probably .
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On the wide and silent plain, darkening the bright daylight, she turns midday into darkness. People look upon each other in anger, they look for combat. Their shouting disturbs the plain, it weighs on the pasture and the waste land. Her howling is like Ickur's and makes the flesh of all the lands tremble. No one can oppose her murderous battle -- who rivals her? No one can look at her fierce fighting, the carnage, the engulfing water, raging, sweeping over the earth, she leaves nothing behind.