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finished reading Enheduana by Sophus Helle

Sophus Helle: Enheduana (2023, Yale University Press) 5 stars

In Enheduana: The Complete Poems of The World’s First Author, Sophus Helle provides Anglophone readers …

Okay, I haven't read all the notes at the back but whatever. I'm calling this finished. (I might skim the notes before I return it to the library; looks like there might be interesting stuff in there. But I am very tired and very sad and do not have an appetite for end notes tonight.)

Among its other virtues, this book reactivated my ever-present desire to see an aurochs in person. I always want to, but Enheduana really kicked that into high gear.