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E-anna ( sux, , ''house of heavens''), also referred to as the Temple of Inanna, was an ancient
He carved on a stone stela all of his toils,
and built the wall of Uruk-Haven,
the wall of the sacred Eanna Temple, the holy sanctuary.
E-anna ( sux, , ''house of heavens''), also referred to as the Temple of Inanna, was an ancient Sumer
Sumer () is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is one of the cradles of c ...
ian temple in Uruk
Uruk, also known as Warka or Warkah, was an ancient city of Sumer (and later of Babylonia) situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.Harm ...
. Considered "the residence of Inanna
Inanna, also sux, 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒀭𒈾, nin-an-na, label=none is an List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, Divine law, divine justice, and political p ...
" and Anu, it is mentioned several times in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh
The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' () is an epic poetry, epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, and is regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of Gilgamesh ...
'', and elsewhere. The evolution of the gods to whom the temple was dedicated is the subject of scholarly study.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
From Tablet One:See also
Uruk - Eanna districtReferences
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Ancient Near East temples Mesopotamian religion Uruk Inanna {{Religion-struct-stub