1. The books during Enheduana's time were nothing like books we know today. During the time of Sumer, and Mesopotamia, 4, 300 years ago, paper didn't exist, and neither did ink. So, people wrote on soft clay with a tool called the stylus. Then, they let the clay harden. Books looked more like small clay pillows.
2. Enheduana's father was called Sargon, and he was the ruler of the new-rising city state Akkad. Her father was born as a son of Mesopotamian farmers, and began to work as a cupbearer in Kish. No one knows how he became a king. Enheduana and her family lived in a hige palace, until Enheduana had to move to the south of Ur, to serve as the high priestess to the moon-god, Nanna.
3. Enheduana was a high priestess, and she had several duties. She had to move to the south of Ur, to live in the top room of the ziggurat, to be closer to the gods and godesses. She offered prayers, and did various rituals during the year. On top of the ziggurat, she performed animal sacrifices to keep the gods happy. Enheduana also burnt different perfumes, sending the sweet scent to the gods and godesses. Enheduana lost her job once her nephew became the ruler of Akkad, and threw Enheduana out, making his own daughter the high-priestess. Enheduana was exiled from the city-state.
4. Going platinum, or being a best-selling author, during the time of Enheduana, meant many people trading their goods for the clay tablets with the poem/short story on them. Archaeologists found more then 50 tablets with the same Enheduana's poem on them, and that was A LOT, for that time.
5. Enheduana wrote a very long story/poem about her father, who was the king at the time the poem was written. A lot of the city-states that the king has taken rebelled against him, exiling the goddess Innana from the temples. However, Sargon beat the rebels, broke the protests, and made them see Innana as the supreme, all-powerful goddess.
2. Enheduana's father was called Sargon, and he was the ruler of the new-rising city state Akkad. Her father was born as a son of Mesopotamian farmers, and began to work as a cupbearer in Kish. No one knows how he became a king. Enheduana and her family lived in a hige palace, until Enheduana had to move to the south of Ur, to serve as the high priestess to the moon-god, Nanna.
3. Enheduana was a high priestess, and she had several duties. She had to move to the south of Ur, to live in the top room of the ziggurat, to be closer to the gods and godesses. She offered prayers, and did various rituals during the year. On top of the ziggurat, she performed animal sacrifices to keep the gods happy. Enheduana also burnt different perfumes, sending the sweet scent to the gods and godesses. Enheduana lost her job once her nephew became the ruler of Akkad, and threw Enheduana out, making his own daughter the high-priestess. Enheduana was exiled from the city-state.
4. Going platinum, or being a best-selling author, during the time of Enheduana, meant many people trading their goods for the clay tablets with the poem/short story on them. Archaeologists found more then 50 tablets with the same Enheduana's poem on them, and that was A LOT, for that time.
5. Enheduana wrote a very long story/poem about her father, who was the king at the time the poem was written. A lot of the city-states that the king has taken rebelled against him, exiling the goddess Innana from the temples. However, Sargon beat the rebels, broke the protests, and made them see Innana as the supreme, all-powerful goddess.
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