Exhibitions
She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C.
Head of a high priestess, with inlaid eyes; from Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar); Akkadian period (ca. 2334-2154 BC), alabaster, shell, lapis lazuli, and bitumen; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, B16228
December 1, 2021–February 28, 2022
She Who Wrote spotlighted the world’s first known author, Enheduanna, and emphasizes the pivotal roles women played in Mesopotamian culture and literature. These artworks enable visitors to discover women’s role in religious contexts: as goddesses, priestesses and worshippers.