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
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The eulogies with which he glorifies his mother have been compared to the Song of Songs.
Lu-diĝira is a poet.
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