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

"She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C." brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of artworks that capture rich and shifting expressions of women’s lives in ancient Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium B.C. These works bear testament to women’s roles in religious contexts as goddesses, priestesses, and worshippers as well as in social, economic and political spheres as mothers, workers, and rulers. One particularly remarkable woman who wielded considerable religious and political power was the high priestess and poet Enheduanna (ca. 2300 B.C.), the earliest-named author in world literature. Bringing together a spectacular collection of her texts and images, this exhibition celebrates her timeless poetry and abiding legacy as an author, priestess, and woman.
This exhibiton was on view at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City from October 14, 2022 through February 19, 2023.

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

I absolutely love Enheduanna!!! Enheduanna’s status as a named poet is significant given the anonymity surrounding the works of even earlier authors. Yet, unfortunately, she is almost entirely unknown nowadays, and her achievements have been largely overlooked. Her written work is deeply personal and contains numerous biographical features. Enheduanna comments on the challenge of encapsulating divine wonders through the written word in her hymns. She describes spending long hours laboring over her compositions by night, for them to be performed in the day. My favorite Hymn from Enheduanna's vast collection is the following: "Yes, I took up my place in the sanctuary dwelling, I was High Priestess, I, Enheduanna... I am Enheduanna, Let me speak to you in prayer... My tears flowing like some sweet intoxicant." Magnificent!

[@johnpick8336]

What a Special Museum, thank you for posting.

[@TheBippitybob]

This is a wonderful summary of a great exhibition. I loved the show, and I'm delighted to have this short video to recall it in the future. Thank you! (One suggestion: In the video description it would be helpful to include the dates of the show for future reference.)

[@carriekelly4186]

Incredibly beautiful and amazing exhibit..nothing could be more important yet there are 312 likes...aaah I'm sharing this yes

[@dalewun]

Such an amazing collection!

[@luisathought]

Thank You❤

[@Oouri.0.2.0]

i would love to know more about her. grateful that i discovered

[@gramma248]

This is a wonderful exhibition, and ably presented. I knew about Enheduanna and her life, but to see it set against the seals and the statues brought her to life in a way that I much appreciate. Thank you,

[@noireport2241]

Brilliant #noireport

[@karlxtrava]

Imagine how much more powerful this video would have been had the Morgan team been thoughtful enough to have a woman narrate at least part of it!

[@tdawes33]

Good point

[@girtbysea7831]

Enheduanna was a) a woman, b) a poet c) from Mesopotamia and d) royalty. None of these categories are represented among the narrators. Why is it more important to have a woman than say an Iraqi, a poet or a prince?

[@heatherdaydream]

@@girtbysea7831 hello fellow Aussie. They said it would have been “thoughtful”, not more important. I had no idea that a woman was the first named author and I think that given how many centuries of denial that women have endured and how they are being denied human rights in Iran and Iraq right now, your word important is relevant. .

[@girtbysea7831]

@@heatherdaydream Thanks for your reply. karlxtrava suggests that the creators of the video were not "thoughtful enough" because they didn't include a woman narrator. That is, karlxtrava seems to be saying any sensible person who considers the issue thoughtfully should reach the same conclusion as karlxtrava did. I disagree! Presumably the creators of the video chose the narrators on the basis that they were the most interesting and informative narrators available. In that case, they were chosen for their expertise, not which groups were represented. I think that is OK. One may reasonably hold an opinion that the video would have been better with a female perspective (or a poet or an Iraqi), but to accuse the videos creators of being not "thoughtful enough" goes too far.

[@nibiruresearch]

Thank you for this high quality video in all aspects. You say that you have hundreds of cylinder seals. I know some of them and I need to tell something about the symbols that we find on several cylinder seals. In this video only on one at 3 min 41 sec. The image is devided in two layers. On both layers we see an eight beamed symbol that is often explaines as the sybol of our sun. In the lower layer we see this star next to a crescent moon that is always explained as a symbol of our moon. Both are wrong. The eight beamed star is the symbol of Nibiru. The crescent moon is our planet Earth. On several cylinder seals, devided over different museums, we find pictures of fights between people and animals, a big angry bird or a lion jumping on a deer or a griffin fighting as we see in the top layer. This represents a recurring natural disaster that is caused by the planet Nibiru that approaches our planet Earth every few thousand years. We best know this disaster as a flood or "the end of days". By this disaster many living beings die as happens in a war. After this disaster, that ended a civilization, new live is born on our planet as is seen in the lower layer. And people from Nibiru come to help the few survivors of the disaster to start a new civilization. To learn much more about the cycle of recurring floods, the rebirth of civilizations and its timeline, ancient high technology and alien deities, read the eBook: "what I know about Nibiru". This book answers many of your questions. You can read it on every computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: about nibiru roest

[@dannyteal1020]

Excellent presentation

[@claudiamanta1943]

Thank you, very nice introduction to your presentation which I found nearing perfection. As for joining people together…of course, it is ideal as long as the prerequisite of mutual respect is fulfilled. Having said that, I wouldn’t have syncretised different religious elements for political reasons.

[@TheMoneypresident]

Sell 3d printed copies

[@Paine137]

It was from this phase of human history that monotheism stole all its stories while claiming originality.

[@claudiamanta1943]

Don’t forget the plundered and desecrated Ancient Egypt.

[@Paine137]

@@claudiamanta1943 Of course. But Sumer was earlier.