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.

Quotes

• My mother is like the bright light in the sky, a doe on the hillsides. She is the morning star, shining even at noon-time. She is precious cornelian, a topaz from Marhaci.
  • The message of Lu-dingira to his mother (mid to late 3rd millennium BCE).

Attributions

• O Nannaya, may your spirit be pleased, may your heart be at rest.
  • In Elegy on the Death of Nannaya (3rd millennium BCE).

External links

• The message of Lu-dingira to his mother: composite text; translation, the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature