Enheduanna’s Brutal Muse

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In 1927 the English archaeologist Leonard Woolley wrenched the shattered pieces of a woman’s portrait from the ruins of an ancient temple in southern Iraq. To Woolley, it seemed to be just a “sadly-battered alabaster disk,” valuable only for its connection to the Akkadian king Sargon the Great, who conquered the Sumerians around 2334 BC […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/02/16/enheduannas-brutal-muse/

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