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Yesterday I wrote about the priestess/scribe Enheduanna and her warrior/king father Sargon. I posited their connection to the codification of patriarchy. They did not invent it, as war and the diminution of women had been happening in some circles. I do wonder, however, if they furthered it along to a point of no return.
Another king of the time, Urukagina from circa bce[1] codified laws under the guise of reformation. Some of his reforms were progressive in that they sought to protect the poorer classes against aristocracy and the priesthood. But they also were clear to let women “know their place.” Here are the translated words from his laws:
“If a woman to a male has spoken . . .[bad] words(?) which exceed (her rank?), onto the teeth of that woman a baked brick shall be smashed, and that brick will be hung at the main gate.”
As Amanda Foreman noted these laws “embedded patriarchal power within the definition of individual liberty.” This is a situational value we still face today.
And so I wonder about Sargon’s priestess/scribe daughter, Enheduanna. How did she feel about her father’s exploits? She helped his efforts by working to unify the religious beliefs of the area. She was clearly not afraid to speak out herself, as the volume of her writing indicat
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Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author ,
Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
POEMS
The Exaltation of Inana
The Hymn to Inana
The Temple Hymns
Fragmentary Hymns
ESSAYS
Enheduana’s World
The Honeyed Mouth
The Priestess Returns
Chronology
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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D
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G
H
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