She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400–2000 B.C.

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Introduction

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Cylinder seal with female figures and cows

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Plaster cast of the Uruk Vase

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Cylinder seal with "priest-king" and altar on the back of a bull

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Fragment of a vessel with frontal image of goddess

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Vessel with faces of female deities

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Standing female figure with clasped hands

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Standing female figure

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Stone scraper and chisel

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Stele of Shara-igizi-Abzu

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Wall plaque with libation scenes

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Cylinder seal of Queen Puabi

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Queen Puabi’s funerary ensemble

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Disk of Enheduanna

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Seated female figure with tablet on lap

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Tablet inscribed in Sumerian with Temple Hymns

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Cylinder seal with Mesopotamian deities

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Tablet inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna"

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Tablet inscribed with extract from "The Exaltation of Inanna"

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Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (1 of 3)

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Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (2 of 3)

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Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (3 of 3)

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Cylinder seal with Ishtar holding a weapon; deities engaging in combat

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Cylinder seal with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar

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Mold fragment with deified ruler and Ishtar

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Cylinder seal with mother and child attended by women

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Head of a high priestess (?) with inlaid eyes

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