One of the pleasures of writing historical novels is, in the course of research, discovering little known and fascinating gems about people or places. Today I came across Enheduanna, daughter of King Sargon of Akkadia (2285-2250 BCE).
She is fascinating because she is regarded by literary and historical scholars as possibly the earliest known author and poet!
As high priestess of En she composed a large body of literary work that includes several personal devotions to the goddess Inanna. And her collection of hymns known as the "Sumerian Temple Hymns," is regarded as one of the first attempts at a systematic theology
I had no idea. Sort of changes our perspective of female literacy in ancient Mesopotamia and female participation in religious thought.
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