"The Oldest Love Poem" (L.2461) on display at the Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient
Material
terracotta
Size
10.7 x 6 x 3.1 cm[1]
Writing
Sumerian language in cuneiform script[1]
Created
2037–2029 BC (long chronology) 1972–1964 BC (short chronology)
Discovered
late 1880s Nippur
Present location
Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient
Istanbul #2461 (also Ni 2461,[1]L.2461) is an ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablet. Some have labelled it the world's oldest love poem.[2][3] It is on display at the Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient (Mesopotamia Hall).[3]
It is an erotic poem addressed to king Shu-Sin (reigned 20th or 21st century BC) by an unnamed female speaker. It is thought that the poem may be connected to a "sacred marriage" between the king and a priestess of Inanna.
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