A terracotta plaque from Girsu, ca. 2000 BCE. Sexual intercourse and beer-drinking are frequently connected in Sumerian poetry, as in this lovely “Love Song for Shu-Suen” (Shu-Suen A), 19-22: My ……, the barmaid’s beer is sweet Like her beer her vulva is sweet, her beer is sweet Like her mouth her vulva is sweet, her beer is sweet Her kashbir-beer, her beer is sweet

A terracotta plaque from Girsu, ca. 2000 BCE. Sexual intercourse and beer-drinking are frequently connected in Sumerian poetry, as in this lovely “Love Song for Shu-Suen” (Shu-Suen A), 19-22: My ……, the barmaid’s beer is sweet Like her beer her vulva is sweet, her beer is sweet Like her mouth her vulva is sweet, her beer is sweet Her kashbir-beer, her beer is sweet