Enheduanna’s hymn ‘The Exaltation of Inanna’

c. 1900–1600 BC · Babylon

Enheduanna’s hymn ‘The Exaltation of Inanna’, from Babylonia, dated c. 1900–1600 BC. It was found at Nippur. Today it is kept at the Penn Museum, Philadelphia.

Date

c. 1900–1600 BC

Civilization

Babylon

Found at

Nippur

Where it is today

Penn Museum, Philadelphia

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