A Balbale to Inana
A Balbale to Inana (ETCSL 4.08.16)
Sumerian
Ur III / Old Babylonian (c. 2100–1600 BCE)
16 pages
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Inana turns the bedroom into a field of grain. This ancient hymn reveals how Sumerian kings used sex to secure the harvest and cement their political power.