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Work #1865

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

Enheduanna
c. 2285–2250 BCE · Sumerian
Hymn (153 lines on cuneiform tablets) · Sumerian temple hymn literature

"Lady of all the me" — the first named author's cosmic hymn, personal lament, and theological revolution in a single voice

Attribute Fingerprint

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Attribute The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Cyclical
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature not engaged
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation not engaged
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Partial
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Singular
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Providential
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent not engaged
Energy · Ontological Status not engaged
Energy · Conservation not engaged
Energy · Dispersibility not engaged
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity not engaged

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

The me and the gods are eternal; liturgical time is cyclical; personal narrative unfolds uni-directionally.

Space

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

Three-tiered Sumerian cosmos; temples as intersections of cosmic and terrestrial space.

Matter

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

Not theorised; the material world is the medium of divine order.

Observer

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

Enheduanna as the first singular "I" in literature; immediate encounter with Inanna; active supplicant.

Energy

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

Not addressed.

Information

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

The me are cosmic information; Enheduanna's name and text preserved for millennia.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Exaltation of Inanna (Nin-me-šara)

Personal anguish versus cosmic theology; subjective suffering as the ground of objective theological claims. Political utility of theological innovation: does Inanna's elevation serve truth or Sargonic imperialism?