Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400–2000 B.C.

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    Cylinder seal with Mesopotamian deities

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    Tablet inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna"

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    Tablet inscribed with extract from "The Exaltation of Inanna"

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    Cylinder seal with Ishtar holding a weapon; deities engaging in combat

  • 272
    Cylinder seal with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar

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    Cylinder seal with mother and child attended by women

  • 278
    Mold fragment with deified ruler and Ishtar

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    Head of a high priestess (?) with inlaid eyes

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    Introduction

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    Seated female figure with tablet on lap

  • 259
    Tablet inscribed in Sumerian with Temple Hymns

  • 203
    Cylinder seal with female figures and cows

  • 209
    Plaster cast of the Uruk Vase

  • 210
    Cylinder seal with "priest-king" and altar on the back of a bull

  • 219
    Fragment of a vessel with frontal image of goddess

  • 221
    Vessel with faces of female deities

  • 225
    Standing female figure with clasped hands

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    Standing female figure

  • 237
    Stone scraper and chisel

  • 238
    Stele of Shara-igizi-Abzu

  • 241
    Wall plaque with libation scenes

  • 248
    Cylinder seal of Queen Puabi

  • 251
    Queen Puabi’s funerary ensemble

  • 252
    Disk of Enheduanna

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    019. Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (1 of 3)

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    020. Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (2 of 3)

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    021. Tablets inscribed with "The Exaltation of Inanna" (3 of 3)