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2250 BC
Major worksExaltation of Inanna, Temple Hymns
Enheduana, who lived in the 23rd century BCE in the Sumerian city of Ur, was a high priestess and daughter of King Sargon of Akkad, and is the earliest known author in human history to be credited by name. Her surviving Sumerian hymns, most famously "The Exaltation of Inana," make her a foundational figure in world literature, writing poetry roughly 1,500 years before Homer.
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