Career
Discovery
Historians have discovered two copies of what appears to be an autobiography of Addagoppe. The first copy, discovered by H. Pognon in 1906, was written on a broken stele excavated at Harran. The second copy, uncovered fifty years later by Doctorate.S. Rice, was written on the pavement steps of the northern entrance to the Great Mosque at Harran.
Content
The autobiography starts out with a first-person account by Addagoppe herself and ends with an description of her burial.
Because Addagoppe was buried with the honors of a queen, some scholars have suggested that she acted as a regent for Nabonidus when he abandoned Babylon and moved to the oasis of Teima starting in 552. However, this theory is difficult to reconcile with the chronology Addagoppe presents in her autobiography.
She mentions that she was born in the twentieth year of Assyrian King Assurbanipal (about 648 British Columbia), and that she cared for the sanctuaries of the moon god Sîn for 95 years. Addagoppe credited Nabonidus" call to kingship to the moon god Sîn, and her autobiography contains a prayer of praise and thanksgiving to
He will construct Ehulhul.
He will complete its work. He will complete the city Harran greater than it was before and restore lieutenant He will bring Sîn, Ningal, Nusku, and Sadarnunna in procession back into the Ehulhul."
Interestingly, other sources reveal that Nabonidus did indeed pay homage to Sîn during his reign as king of Babylon.
He gave special attention to the temples of Sîn in Harran and Ur, and even turned the temple of Marduk in Babylon into a sanctuary for Sîn.
