is a 40 minute educational video which I am currently showing in schools and universities along with a lecture and question and answer discussion.
The video is not for sale yet as I need to get clearances on all the images.
The video places Enheduana in the
context of Mesopotamian history and
offers glimpses of what her life may
have been like by seeking clues in her hymns and
exploring archeological artifacts.
It includes interviews with Near
Eastern scholars, such as Joan
Westenholz, William Hallo, Annette Zgoll,Johanna Stuckey and
Miriam Robbins Dexter among others.
The above picture is a cylinder seal which has recently been identified
as having Enheduanna's name on it. It belongs to the Rosen, a private collection
in NY .
Enheduanna, "child" of Sargon, SAG.A.DU, the
scribe, (is) your servant.
William Hallo's analysis:
Thank you, William Hallo for
this new information. It is very
exciting that new information can
still come in about Enheduanna
while the excavations at Ur have
ceased for the time being.We now have two seals of two different
scribes of Enheduana. The first one is
mentioned on the Visual Evidence page. It is not surprising for a high priestess running the temple of Ningal to have
many scribes. Scribes recorded all financial and ritual transactions, of which there were many.
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"En-hedu-Ana, Ornament of the Heaven"
The video is intended for museums, universities
and high schools. A shorter simplified
version will be made availble for middle
schools, so that the students can get
a sense of this incredible woman.
If your school or organization is interested in a video/lecture presentation
please contact me at the email address below.
References are available upon request from UCLA etc...
To purchase DVD copy of "Enheduana: Ornament of the Sky",
please press button below and send an email with your address to nisaba@nisabamovement.com
Cost: $20.
DVD
NEW VISUAL EVIDENCE!
The following is William Hallo's transliteration and translation of the inscription:
(column i)
En-he(2)-du(7)-an-na / dumu Shar-ru-GI //
(col. ii)
SAG.A.DU/dub-sar / ir(3)-zu
"The name SAG.A.DU recurs, e.g., in Sargonic texts from
Nippur such as PBS
9:5, 6, 13, 51, all edited by D.O. Edzard in SUMERISCHE
RECHTSURKUNDEN
DES III. JAHRTAUSENDS (Munich,
1968).
A reading SAG.ZA.DU is conceivable
on the seal (but not in the Nippur
texts).
The generic term for child is
used here, as in one of the other
seals dedicated to her, and in her
own
disc inscription, rather than the
more explicit dumu-mi(2) =
daughter. "
A picture of this seal is published in Minerva magazine-
The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology
Volume 9 Number 3
email: minervamag@compuserve.com
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