Epic of Gilgamesh I
Then he, Enkidu, offspring of the mountains, who eats grasses with the gazelles, came to drink at the watering hole with the animals, with the wild beasts he slaked his thirst with water. Then Shamhat saw him-a primitive, a savage fellow from the depths of the wilderness! 'That is he, Shamhat! Release your clenched arms, expose your sex so he can take in your voluptuousness. Do not be restrained-take his energy! When he sees you he will draw near to you. Spread out your robe so he can lie upon you, and perform for this primitive the task of womankind! His animals, who grew up in his wilderness, will become alien to him, and his lust will groan over you.' Shamhat unclutched her bosom, exposed her sex, and he took in her voluptuousness. She was not restrained, but took his energy. She spread out her robe and he lay upon her, she performed for the primitive the task of womankind. His lust groaned over her; for six days and seven nights Enkidu stayed aroused, and had intercourse with the harlot until he was sated with her charms.
Ezekiel 16:15
14 Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor that I bestowed on you, declares the Sovereign Lord. 15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his. 16 You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his. 17 You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them.
Notes and References
"... In Ezekiel 16:15 the wife Jerusalem is accused, “you used your fame to become a prostitute”. The image of the prostitute is particularly apt to describe the mores of the city life. In ancient Mesopotamia as well as in ancient Israel, the prostitute was the representative par excellence of the city and of the urban mode of life. In the Gilgamesh Epic, in order to initiate the wild man from the steppe, into the amenities of civilized life, the hunter brings Enkidu to a courtesan, the “joyful one” (Harimtu Shamḫat). She teaches him the art of love-making but also how to behave, dress, eat and drink as a city dweller (Gilgamesh I.iv.16 and beginning of Gilgamesh II). The prostitute is the epitome of what is artful and sophisticated, of sensuousness and civilization.86 Similarly, the nomadic Hebrews acquire their first contact with Canaanite urban life through Raḥab, the Jericho prostitute ..."
Bodi, Daniel "When YHWH's Wife, Jerusalem, Became a Strange Woman: Inversion of Values in Ezekiel 16 in Light of Ištar Cult" in Berlejung, Angelika, and Marianne Grohmann (eds.) Foreign Women - Women in Foreign Lands: Studies on Foreignness and Gender in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East in the First Millennium BCE (pp. 77-108) Mohr Siebeck, 2019