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

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  • 200
    Introduction
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  • 263
    Cylinder seal with Mesopotamian deities
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  • 265
    Tablet inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna"
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  • 266
    Tablet inscribed with extract from "The Exaltation of Inanna"
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  • 270
    Cylinder seal with Ishtar holding a weapon; deities engaging in combat
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  • 272
    Cylinder seal with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar
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  • 280
    Cylinder seal with mother and child attended by women
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  • 278
    Mold fragment with deified ruler and Ishtar
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  • 286
    Head of a high priestess (?) with inlaid eyes
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  • 238
    Stele of Shara-igizi-Abzu
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  • 241
    Wall plaque with libation scenes
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  • 248
    Cylinder seal of Queen Puabi
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  • 251
    Queen Puabi’s funerary ensemble
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  • 252
    Disk of Enheduanna
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  • 254
    Seated female figure with tablet on lap
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  • 259
    Tablet inscribed in Sumerian with Temple Hymns
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  • 203
    Cylinder seal with female figures and cows
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  • 209
    Plaster cast of the Uruk Vase
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  • 210
    Cylinder seal with "priest-king" and altar on the back of a bull
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  • 219
    Fragment of a vessel with frontal image of goddess
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  • 221
    Vessel with faces of female deities
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  • 225
    Standing female figure with clasped hands
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  • 234
    Standing female figure
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  • 237
    Stone scraper and chisel
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  • 267
    019. Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (1 of 3)
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  • 267
    020. Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (2 of 3)
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  • 267
    021. Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (3 of 3)
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