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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 4 months ago (2 children)

To destroy, to create, to tear out, to establish are yours, Inanna.

To turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man are yours, Inanna

-Hymn to Inanna by Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad, 23rd century BCE

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Is this the daughter who got her father so drunk he gave her all the things that make up Civilization and fled to start her own city?

[–] BabyVi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The irony of her being the original Sargon of Akkad's daughter is kinda funny to me.