Bronze Age Shitposting and the 'Iltam Sumra Rashupti Elatim' trend represent a niche but massive internet obsession with ancient Mesopotamian history. The phrase itself is the opening line of a 4,000-year-old Akkadian hymn to the goddess Ishtar. The meme gained significant traction through high-quality audio reconstructions of the song paired with absurdist imagery, often crossing over with the legendary 'Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir.' It captures a specific brand of scholarly humor that treats Bronze Age politics, mythology, and commerce—especially the sale of substandard copper—with the same ironic distance as modern internet culture. It is frequently used to mock modern problems by framing them in a primordial context.