ENHEDUANNA

  Princess, priestess and poetess of Sumerian language. She is the oldest literary author whose name and a significant part of the work have come down to us, and therefore perhaps the oldest writer known to us today.

She is also the only woman known among the great authors of Mesopotamian literature. Enheduanna composed 42 hymns for temples that stretched from Sumeria to Akkad, including Erindu, Sipar and Ensunna. The texts have been rescued from 37 tablets from Ur and Nippur, most of which date to the early Babylonian period. They are collectively called "Sumerian hymns of the temples".