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The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world's first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian
"Helle's translation feels urgent, incandescent, stripped of academic cladding. . . . The growing popularity of Enheduana gives all of us readers a chance to discover another lineage-and to bring this…
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Sophus Helle has written an outstanding and extraordinary translation of the The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest written story. This book is a companion, by the world's first named author. This is Enheduana, the priestess daughter of King Sargon of Akkad. She lived at a time of profound transformation, constant revolt, violent gods, a 100 year drought about to strike the known world. Homer (if there was one Homer) was not to begin writing for another 1500 years.
We have here the Hymn to Inana and the 42 Temple Hymns. We hear of abundance, how the net connects people…
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