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The Enheduana Disk
This is a disk depicting the daughter of Sargon on Akkad, Enheduana, performing a libation ritual next to a priest and two priestesses that stand behind her. Enheduana was installed by her father Sargon as the high priestess of the moon god Nanna in the city of Ur in Southern Mesopotamia. As a priestess, she enjoyed elite status. She is the earliest named author known to us today. She composed numerous hymns and poems to various deities, especially to Inana, the Sumerian goddess of love and warfare.
Name: The Enheduana Disk
Material: Alabaster
Size:
Diameter: 25.6 cm (10.1 in)
Thickness: 7.1 cm (2.8 in)
Date: 2300-2184 BCE
Place of Origin: Ur, Iraq
Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia.
Source and Registration#: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, CBS 16665
Jennie Myers
Research Associate, University of Chicago
