Betty De Shong Meador is a scholar and translator, and this University of Texas Press book is her scholarly translation and study of poems attributed to Enheduanna, the Sumerian high priestess traditionally credited as history's earliest named author, addressed to the goddess Inanna. Its strength is that it presents these ancient poems in careful scholarly translation alongside analysis of their religious and literary significance, making a genuinely foundational text of world literature accessible with critical apparatus. Its limit is that questions of exact authorship and dating for texts attributed to Enheduanna remain subjects of ongoing Assyriological discussion, so a claim resting on precise authorship attribution should note that scholarly uncertainty rather than treat it as fully settled.
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Published by the University of Texas Press as Betty De Shong Meador's scholarly critical translation of Enheduanna's poems with academic introduction, peer reviewed university press scholarship. NotesScholarly translation and study of poems attributed to Enheduanna, the Sumerian high priestess, addressed to the goddess Inanna.
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AuthorBetty De Shong Meador
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
Publication Year2000
Source TypeCritical translation with scholarly introduction
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This source names Inanna directly: "named author, addressed to the goddess Inanna."
Source Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess EnheduannaBetty De Shong Meador
This source names Sumerians directly: "Betty De Shong Meador is a scholar and translator, and this University of Texas Press book is her scholarly translation and study of poems attributed to Enheduanna, the Sumerian high priestess..."
Source Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess EnheduannaBetty De Shong Meador
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This source backs 40 claims across the atlas. As facts: 30 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Other Writings, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Rituals, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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