Inanna Temple Mosaic Decorations (Eaton Layer IV; Pergamonmuseum, Berlin)
The Eanna was the temple of Inanna, the goddess of Uruk (Lower Mesopotamia) and the heart of the city, or the area where Inanna's house was located, along with other temples and buildings. > Eanna is a Sumerian word, consisting of the wedge-shaped ideo-teller, corresponding to the word "house" or "temple", and the symbol "ana", corresponding to the word "sky": literally Eanna would therefore be "House of Heaven" or, otherwise, "An's house"). The Eanna was probably the oldest nucleus in Uruk City, since Meschiaggasher, Uruk's first king, is referred to as the king of Eanna in the Sumerian Real List, while the second king, Enmerkar, is referred to as founder and builder of Uruk, and also all subsequent kings are still referred to as Uruk's king and not just of Eanna. Notemodify wikitesto
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