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The Exaltation of Inanna
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William W. Hallo and J. J. A. van Dijk's The Exaltation of Inanna, published by Yale University Press in 1968, is the scholarly critical edition through which the Sumerian hymn Nin-me-sara and its attribution to the priestess Enheduanna entered general academic discussion. Its authority rests on standard university press peer review and on the editors' direct philological work with the cuneiform text. Its limit is that Enheduanna's authorship, while widely repeated since, rests on attribution conventions in the ancient sources themselves that Assyriologists continue to discuss rather than a modern certainty, so a strong claim of sole authorship is worth holding alongside that ongoing scholarly conversation.
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William Hallo and J. J. A. van Dijk's The Exaltation of Inanna, published by Yale University Press in 1968, the top tier reflecting standard university press peer review and the editors' direct philological work with the cuneiform text through which the hymn and its attribution to Enheduanna entered general academic discussion, notwithstanding that Enheduanna's authorship rests on attribution conventions in the ancient sources themselves that Assyriologists continue to discuss rather than a modern certainty. NotesThe 1968 scholarly edition through which Nin-me-sara and the Enheduanna attribution entered general discussion.
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AuthorWilliam W. Hallo and J. J. A. van Dijk
PublisherYale University Press
Publication Year1968
This entry's own notes already name it: "The 1968 scholarly edition through which Nin-me-sara and the Enheduanna attribution entered general discussion." The PublicationYear field itself had simply not been set to match. Source TypeCritical translation with scholarly introduction
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This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Religious Symbols, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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