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E-anna ( , ''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 ( , ''house of heavens''), also referred to as the Temple of Inanna, was an ancient Sumer
Sumer () is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. ...
ian temple in Uruk
Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river in Muthanna Governorate, Iraq. The site lies 93 kilo ...
. Considered the "residence" of Inanna
Inanna is the List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian goddess of war, love, and fertility. She is also associated with political power, divine law, sensuality, and procreation. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akk ...
, it is mentioned throughout the ''Epic of Gilgamesh
The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' () is an epic poetry, epic from ancient Mesopotamia. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian language, Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly read as Sumerian "Bilgames"), king of Uruk, some of ...
'' and various other texts. The evolution of the gods to whom the temple was dedicated is the subject of scholarly study.
Texts
The Epic of Gilgamesh
From Tablet One:See also
* Uruk - Eanna districtReferences
External links
Ancient Near East temples Mesopotamian religion Uruk Inanna {{Religion-struct-stub