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Was Enheduanna Really the First Named Author in History? - Tracing the Historical Enheduanna Through Stone and Clay | Sleepy Facts About History
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The title "first named author in history" is often given to Enheduanna, a high priestess who lived in the twenty-third century BCE. But the moment we try to picture what that actually means, the image grows hazy. Did she sit at a desk composing in private, or did her contemporaries recognize her as a writer in anything like our sense? This episode examines the complicated ancient fact behind a modern description, starting with a carved alabaster disc in a museum and leading into the gap…
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