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Bentresh t1_iu0eeij wrote

Reply to comment by Turridan in Enheduanna: The World's First Named Author by SirBettington

Inn-head-oo-on-(n)ah is the best way I can describe how her name is pronounced.

To break down her name:

  • en (“priestess”)

  • hedu (“ornament”)

  • an (“sky/heaven”)

  • a(k) (Sumerian genitive, translated as “of”)

Lady/priestess, the ornament of heaven

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lordmagellan t1_iu0hp46 wrote

Do you have a source you're using for this? I like seeing the components that make up names this way.

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Bentresh t1_iu0m6rn wrote

Just my own translation. I’m an ancient Near Eastern historian who had to take Sumerian in grad school, although I specialize in the Late Bronze Age.

I’m not sure if there’s any prosopographical works for the Akkadian and Ur III periods, but here’s a few resources for names from later periods you may find interesting.

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lordmagellan t1_iu0pxff wrote

Awesome. Thanks for the links. I'm just a layman whose mind is constantly imagining stories. The more I learn about this period just feeds the imagination.

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