The letter of Ludingirra to his mother. Terracotta tablet. 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. The eulogies with which he glorifies his mother have been compared to the
Song of Songs.
Çig, M, and Kramer, S.N., "The Ideal Mother: A Sumerian Portrait", Belleten 40 (1976), 413-421.
Civil, Miguel, "The 'Message of Lú-dingir-ra to His Mother' and a Group of Akkado-Hittite 'Proverbs'", Journal of Near Eastern Studies 23 (1964), 1-11.