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Lu-diĝira

Illustration — The letter of Ludingirra to his mother. From Nippur, Iraq. Circa 1700 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul Lu-diĝira was a Sumerian nobleman and poet of Nippur who dedicated a love poem to his mother and two elegies to his father and wife.

Lu-diĝira

The letter of Ludingirra (Lu-diĝira) to his mother. Terracotta tablet. From Nippur, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Old-Babylonian Period, c. 1700 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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