Enmaḫgalanna
Mesopotamian · quartigod · ur iii · Recorded classification
Quartigod daughter of Šulgi; en-priestess (high-priestess) of Nanna at Ur during her father's reign. Continued the Akkadian-period royal-female-priestess office founded by Enheduanna ~250 years earlier — the Ur III en-priestesses were the canonical-female-cultural-religious-power figures of the dynasty.
Parentage
- father: ŠulgiDrehem archives (primary)
Relations
- father: ŠulgiDrehem archives (primary)
- sibling: Amar-SinDrehem archives (primary)
- sibling: Šu-SinDrehem archives (primary)
Sources
- existence: Drehem administrative archives at Puzriš-Dagan (Sigrist 1992; CDLI BDTNS corpora) (primary); Šulgi year-name lists (primary); Giparu at Ur archaeological evidence (Woolley, Ur Excavations) (primary); Sallaberger, Der kultische Kalender (1993); Steinkeller (1991) (secondary)